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# גְּמוּלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1578

**dealing** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: deeds (1); of recompense(s) (1); reward (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1578.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1578/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).