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# repay

«repay» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to pay back money that you borrowed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (repay, repays, repaid, repaying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To repay money is to pay back money that you borrowed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#m1)

2) To repay someone is to do something for them in return for help or kindness they gave you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#m2)

3) To repay something such as effort can mean to be worth it, as in "The hard work repaid itself". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Tradition reads God's repaying as justice, and the land repaying its sabbaths as the land resting for the years it was not allowed to rest. In the primary lessons: In money lessons, if you borrow from a friend or a bank you must repay it, often with interest. In stories, a character may repay a kindness, like the mouse that frees the lion. In ethics, repaying good with good is fairness; repaying evil with good is mercy. Phrases: "repay a loan", "repay a debt", "repay a kindness", "how can I ever repay you?".

### examples

- and repayeth them that hate Him to their face, to destroy them; He will not be slack to him that hateth Him, He will repay him to his face. (Torah DEU.7.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x1)
- Then shall the land be paid her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and repay her sabbaths. (Torah LEV.26.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x2)
- And who shall repay him what he hath done? (Writings JOB.21.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x3)
- Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? (Writings JOB.41.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x4)
- They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul. (Writings PSA.35.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x5)
- I'll repay the £5 I borrowed on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x6)
- How can I ever repay you for your help? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x7)
- In the fable, the mouse repaid the lion by chewing through the net. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x8)
- My parents are still repaying the loan for our house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x9)
- (Bible) Jesus taught not to repay evil with evil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x10)
- Your practice has repaid you with a great performance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x11)
- If you borrow £20 and repay £4 a week, it takes 5 weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x12)
- I am grateful, and one day I will repay you.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/#x13)

### note

Irregular past: repaid (not "repayed"). Noun: repayment. In maths: weeks to repay = total borrowed ÷ amount paid each week (20 ÷ 4 = 5). If there is interest, you repay more than you borrowed.

### In the corpora

- [O love the LORD, all ye His godly ones; the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully repayeth him that acteth haughtily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.470/)
- [They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.541/)
- [They also that repay evil for good are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.634/)
- [How can I repay unto the LORD all His bountiful dealings toward me?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2123/)
- [O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that repayeth thee as thou hast served us.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2512/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «repay» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repay/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.