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title: נְקָמָה — vengeance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְקָמָה (5360), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 27 times: vengeance. BDB 1906: n.f. vengeance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְקָמָה

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«נְקָמָה» 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:** 27 times · **Key:** 5360 · **BDB:** נְקָמָה

### Glosses

vengeance (10); the.vengeance (6); vengeance(s) (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

vengeance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5360/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. vengeance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5360/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. vengeance (on format. cf. LagBN 143);—נ׳ Je 46:10 + 3 times; cstr. נִקְמַת Nu 31:2 + 7 times; sf. נִקְמָתִי Ez 25:14 + 7 times sfs.; pl. נְקָמוֹת Ju 11:36 + 5 times; נְקָמֹת 2 S 22:48;— vengeance of God, abs. Ez 25:14; נקם נ׳ Je 51:36; נִקְמַת דַּם ψ 79:10; אֵל נְקָמוֹת 94:1(×2); עֵת נ׳ Je 51:6; יוֹם נ׳ Je 46:10; נ׳ יהוה 50:15, 28; 51:11; נ׳ הֵיכָלוֹ 50:28; 51:11; c. בְּ of adversary, נתן נ׳ Ez 25:14, 17; עשׂה נ׳ Ez 25:17; c. מִן of adversary נתן נ׳ 2 S 4:8 עשׂה נ׳ Ju 11:36; נִקְמָֽתְךָ מֵהֶם Je 11:20; 20:12; c. לְ for whom נתן נ׳ 2 S 22:48 = ψ 18:48. of Israel and its chiefs נקם נ׳ מן Nu 31:2 (P); c. בְ׳, נתן ני׳ Nu 31:3 (P); עשׂה נ׳ ψ 149:7. enemies of Israel abs. La 3:60; עשׂה בנקמה Ez 25:15; of Jeremiah לקח נ׳ מן Je 20:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְקָמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5360/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 94:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.1/)

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אֵל־נְקָמ֥וֹת יְהוָ֑ה אֵ֖ל נְקָמ֣וֹת הוֹפִֽיַע׃

*Word for word:* O.God of.vengeance(s) O.Yahweh O.God of.vengeance(s) shine.forth

*JPS 1917:* O LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.

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[Psalms 149:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.149.7/)

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לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת נְ֭קָמָה בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם תּֽ֝וֹכֵחֹ֗ת בַּל־אֻמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* to execute vengeance on the nations rebukes not peoples

*JPS 1917:* To execute vengeance upon the nations, and chastisements upon the peoples;

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