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title: פְּעֻלָּה — work · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּעֻלָּה (6468), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: work. BDB 1906: n.f. work, recompence. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּעֻלָּה

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«פְּעֻלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **work** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 6468 · **BDB:** פְּעֻלָּה

### Glosses

wage\[s\] (7); \[the\].wage\[s\] (2); work (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6468/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. work, recompence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6468/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. work, recompence (poet. and late);—cstr. פְּעֻלַּת Lv 19:13 +, sf. פְּעֻלָּתִי Is 49:4, etc.; pl. cstr. פְּעֻלּוֹת ψ 17:4, -לֹת 28:5;— work: pl. deeds of י׳ ψ 28:5. of men, ψ 17:4 (pl.); toil, suffering Je 31:16; good action 2 Ch 15:7, wicked Is 65:7, פ׳ שָׁ֑קֶר Pr 11:18. wages (as earned by work) Lv 19:13 Pr 10:16 (‖ תְּבוּאָה), Ez 29:20; reward (from י׳) Is 49:4; 61:8; prob. fig. of people won back by י׳ in warfare 40:10; 62:11 (‖ שָׂכָר); of punishment, ψ 109:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 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 «פְּעֻלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6468/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.16/)

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פְּעֻלַּ֣ת צַדִּ֣יק לְחַיִּ֑ים תְּבוּאַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע לְחַטָּֽאת׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].wage\[s\] of.\[the\].righteous \[is\].(to) life \[the\].yield of.\[the\].wicked \[is\].(to) sin

*JPS 1917:* The wages of the righteous is life; the increase of the wicked is sin.

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[Proverbs 11:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.18/)

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רָשָׁ֗ע עֹשֶׂ֥ה פְעֻלַּת־שָׁ֑קֶר וְזֹרֵ֥עַ צְ֝דָקָ֗ה שֶׂ֣כֶר אֱמֶֽת׃

*Word for word:* a.wicked.\[person\] \[is\].making wage\[s\] of.falsehood and \[one.who\].sows righteousness wage\[s\] of.truth

*JPS 1917:* The wicked earneth deceitful wages; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

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