Talk:דן

/d-n/ vb G: 1) "to judge"; 2) "to decree, proclaim, promulgate with authority" (Hb., BAram. dyn, ; Akk. diānu, dânu, AHw dayyana, CDG 146; Watson UF cf. Arab, dā¤a (dy¤), ; Ebla cf. the element /D-N/ in PNN, Krebernik PET 42f. (80 > /d-n-n/)); hdth tdn hmt on the day of the new moon they shall declare them (legitimate), 1.104:19 (or /d-n-y/?); in bkn ctx. 1.126:23 (cf. /d-n-y/). Cf. bVldn, bddn, dnil, dn (I), dnt (III), dnty, mdnt.

dn (I) n. m. "judgment, case, sentence" (< /d-n/; Hb., Aram, dyn. Akk: dînu, Eth. dayn,  cf. Arab, din.