[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/%D7%92%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9C/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [Biblical Hebrew](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/) / [ג](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/gimel/)‎ / גְּמוּל‎

# גְּמוּל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1576

**dealing** — used 19 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/1490/1576/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גְּמוּל: n.m. dealing, recompence, benefit [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1576/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. dealing, recompence, benefit—ג׳ ψ 94:2 + 11 times; sf. גְּמֻלְךָ Ob 15, etc.; pl. sf. גְּמוּלָיו ψ 103:2;— גְּמוּל יָדַיִם dealing of the hands Ju 9:16 Pr 12:14 (יָשׁוּב לְ) Is 3:11 (יֵעָשֶׂה לְ). dealing, hence (from context) equivalent of dealing, recompence: c. suff. Ob 15 גמלך ישׁוב בראשׁך, Jo 4:4, 7 (הֵשִׁיב), so with הֵשִׁיב לְ ψ 28:4; שִׁלֵּם לְ 137:8 Pr 19:17; absolutely שִׁלֵּם (הֵשִׁיב) גְּמוּל לְ Is 59:18(×2); 66:6 Je 51:6 La 3:64; עַל Jo 4:4 ψ 94:2; Is 35:4 ג׳ אלהים the recompence of God. benefit: אַל תשׁכחי כל גמוליו ψ 103:2; כגמול עליו according to the benefit (done) unto him 2 Ch 32:25

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: recompense (12); dealing (2); benefits (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 94:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.2/#tree)

הִ֭נָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵ֣ט הָאָ֑רֶץ הָשֵׁ֥ב גְּ֝מ֗וּל עַל־גֵּאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* raise.yourself.up O.judge of the.earth repay recompense to proud.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; render to the proud their recompense.

[Lamentations 3:64](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.64/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.64/#tree)

תָּשִׁ֨יב לָהֶ֥ם גְּמ֛וּל יְהוָ֖ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* you.will.repay to them recompense O.Yahweh according to.the.work their.hands their

*JPS 1917:* Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1576.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1576/): 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).