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title: גְּמוּלָה — dealing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּמוּלָה (1578), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: dealing. BDB 1906: n.f. dealing, recompence. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּמוּלָה

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«גְּמוּלָה» 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1578 · **BDB:** גְּמוּלָה

### Glosses

deeds (1); of.recompense(s) (1); reward (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dealing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1578/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. dealing, recompence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1578/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 2 S 19:37 dealing, recompence—ג׳ 2 S 19:37 cf. גָּמַל; pl. גְּמוּלוֹת dealings Is 59:18; Je 51:56 אֵל גְּמֻלוֹת God of recompence.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּמוּלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1578/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 59:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.18/)

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כְּעַ֤ל גְּמֻלוֹת֙ כְּעַ֣ל יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם חֵמָ֣ה לְצָרָ֔יו גְּמ֖וּל לְאֹֽיְבָ֑יו לָאִיִּ֖ים גְּמ֥וּל יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

*Word for word:* as on deeds as on he.will.repay rage to foes his recompense to enemies his to the islands recompense he.will.repay

*JPS 1917:* According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, fury to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; to the islands He will repay recompense.

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[Jeremiah 51:56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.56/)

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כִּי֩ בָ֨א עָלֶ֤יהָ עַל־בָּבֶל֙ שׁוֹדֵ֔ד וְנִלְכְּדוּ֙ גִּבּוֹרֶ֔יהָ חִתְּתָ֖ה קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑ם כִּ֣י אֵ֧ל גְּמֻל֛וֹת יְהוָ֖ה שַׁלֵּ֥ם יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].about.to.come on it on Babylon a.destroyer and they.will.be.captured its warriors it.will.be.shattered bows their (dm) \[is\].a.God of.recompense(s) Yahweh fully.(repay) he.will.repay

*JPS 1917:* For the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are shattered; for the LORD is a God of recompenses, He will surely requite.

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