pe.ul.lah denotes a payment or recompense assigned for labor, faithful conduct, or wrongdoing.

The term denotes what is assigned in return for work or conduct: payment for service, a promised return for labor, or recompense connected with righteous and wrongful actions. The same broad use includes both human employment and outcomes attributed to the LORD.

1. Payment or recompense due for work or conduct · dominant

   The singular construct form appears where a return is connected with labor or service: in Ezekiel 29:20 the APB renders Egypt as payment for service rendered, while in Leviticus 19:13 it speaks of a hired worker's pay. The same form is used for a promised return for work in 2 Chronicles 15:7 and Jeremiah 31:16, and for recompense in connection with conduct in Isaiah 61:8 and Isaiah 65:7.

   Ezekiel 29:20Leviticus 19:132 Chronicles 15:7Jeremiah 31:16Isaiah 61:8Isaiah 65:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB variously uses “reward,” “wages,” and “recompense,” especially where work, service, or conduct is in view. These renderings indicate the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.