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title: נָקָם — vengeance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָקָם (5359), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: vengeance. BDB 1906: n.m. vengeance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָקָם

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«נָקָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **vengeance** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 5359 · **BDB:** נָקָם

### Glosses

vengeance (12); of.vengeance (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

vengeance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5359/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. vengeance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5359/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. vengeance;—נ׳ Dt 32:35 + 14 times; cstr. נְקַם Lv 26:25; Ju 16:28;— taken by God, abs. Ez 24:8 ψ 58:11; נ׳ בְּרִית vengeance of the covenant Lv 26:25 (H); יוֹם נקם Is 34:8; 61:2; 63:4; בִּגְדֵי נ׳ Is 59:17; לִי נָקָם וְשִׁלֵּם Dt 32:35; לקח נ׳ Is 47:3; נ׳ יבוא Is 35:4; c. acc. adversary עשׂה נ׳ Mi 5:14; c. לְ advers. חשׁיב נ׳ Dt 32:41, 43. Samson against Philistines, נקם נ׳ Ju 16:28. enemies against Judah, abs. Ez 25:12, 15; individual enemy יום נ׳ Pr 6:34.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָקָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5359/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 6:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.34/)

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כִּֽי־קִנְאָ֥ה חֲמַת־גָּ֑בֶר וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חְמ֗וֹל בְּי֣וֹם נָקָֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) jealousy \[is.the\].rage of.a.man and not he.will.have.compassion on a.day of.vengeance

*JPS 1917:* For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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[Isaiah 34:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.34.8/)

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כִּ֛י י֥וֹם נָקָ֖ם לַֽיהוָ֑ה שְׁנַ֥ת שִׁלּוּמִ֖ים לְרִ֥יב צִיּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* (dm) a.day of.vengeance \[belongs\].to Yahweh a.year of.retribution(s) for the.cause of.Zion

*JPS 1917:* For the LORD hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.

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