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# requite

«requite» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to pay them back for good or bad that they have done to you** — 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 (requites, requited, requiting); old use

### meaning for a pupil

To requite someone is to pay them back for good or bad that they have done to you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/requite/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it usually means paying back evil, as when Joseph's brothers fear he will take revenge. Interpretation: Jewish tradition reads Joseph's forgiveness as a model of not taking revenge, and Moses' question shows God's goodness is not to be repaid with ingratitude. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, a hero repays a kindness or a wrong

### examples

- Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee? (Torah DEU.32.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/requite/#x1)
- And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said: 'It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.' (Torah GEN.50.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/requite/#x2)
- If I have requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness; (Writings PSA.7.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/requite/#x3)
- He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor requited us according to our iniquities. (Writings PSA.103.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/requite/#x4)
- Say not thou: 'I will requite evil'; wait for the LORD, and He will save thee. (Writings PRO.20.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/requite/#x5)
- I will requite your kindness one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/requite/#x6)
- The king requited the boy with gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/requite/#x7)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.316/)
- [If I have requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.70/)
- [But Thou, O LORD, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.684/)
- [He will requite the evil unto them that lie in wait for me; destroy Thou them in Thy truth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.888/)
- [He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor requited us according to our iniquities.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1810/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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