רִיב II, preced.) strife, contest, cause. Meg. 21ᵇ רִיבֵנוּ, v. preced.; a. e.—Pl. רִיבוֹת, רִיבִים. Lev. R. s. 9 מַצּוּת ור׳ ed. Wil. (oth. ed. only מצות) strife and lawsuits. Snh. 34ᵇ; Nidd. 50ᵃ; Sifré Deut. 208 (ref. to Deut. XXI, 5) מקיש ר׳ לנגעים וכ׳ the text puts lawsuits on a level with plagues, as the former must be transacted in day-time &c.; Yeb. 104ᵃ