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title: גְּמוּל — dealing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּמוּל (1576), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: dealing. BDB 1906: n.m. dealing, recompence, benefit. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּמוּל

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«גְּמוּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dealing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 1576 · **BDB:** גְּמוּל

### Glosses

recompense (12); dealing (2); benefits (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dealing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1576/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. dealing, recompence, benefit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1576/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. dealing, recompence, benefit—ג׳ ψ 94:2 + 11 times; sf. גְּמֻלְךָ Ob 15, etc.; pl. sf. גְּמוּלָיו ψ 103:2;— גְּמוּל יָדַיִם dealing of the hands Ju 9:16 Pr 12:14 (יָשׁוּב לְ) Is 3:11 (יֵעָשֶׂה לְ). dealing, hence (from context) equivalent of dealing, recompence: c. suff. Ob 15 גמלך ישׁוב בראשׁך, Jo 4:4, 7 (הֵשִׁיב), so with הֵשִׁיב לְ ψ 28:4; שִׁלֵּם לְ 137:8 Pr 19:17; absolutely שִׁלֵּם (הֵשִׁיב) גְּמוּל לְ Is 59:18(×2); 66:6 Je 51:6 La 3:64; עַל Jo 4:4 ψ 94:2; Is 35:4 ג׳ אלהים the recompence of God. benefit: אַל תשׁכחי כל גמוליו ψ 103:2; כגמול עליו according to the benefit (done) unto him 2 Ch 32:25

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּמוּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1576/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 94:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.2/)

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הִ֭נָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵ֣ט הָאָ֑רֶץ הָשֵׁ֥ב גְּ֝מ֗וּל עַל־גֵּאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* raise.yourself.up O.judge of the.earth repay recompense to proud.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; render to the proud their recompense.

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[Lamentations 3:64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.64/)

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תָּשִׁ֨יב לָהֶ֥ם גְּמ֛וּל יְהוָ֖ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* you.will.repay to them recompense O.Yahweh according to.the.work their.hands their

*JPS 1917:* Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

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