shiv.a.ta.yim marks a sevenfold measure, especially in vengeance, repayment, return, and intensified light.

The attested usage marks a sevenfold measure: it qualifies vengeance and repayment, a return of reproach, and the sun’s intensified light. In Psalm 12:7, the supplied translation does not make the term’s specific contribution isolable.

1. Sevenfold measure or intensification · dominant

   In Genesis 4:15 and Genesis 4:24, the form occurs in statements about vengeance for Cain and Lamech; the APB renders the clauses with “vengeance sevenfold” and “seventy-sevenfold.” In Proverbs 6:31 and Psalm 79:12, it occurs with repayment and the return of reproach, while Isaiah 30:26 applies the measure to the sun’s light; the APB renders it “sevenfold.” In Psalm 12:7, the form is present, but the supplied APB wording does not isolate its contribution.

   Genesis 4:15Genesis 4:24Isaiah 30:26Proverbs 6:31Psalm 12:7Psalm 79:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “sevenfold” in Genesis 4:15, Isaiah 30:26, Proverbs 6:31, and Psalm 79:12, and “seventy-sevenfold” in Genesis 4:24. Psalm 12:7 does not show a distinct English rendering for the term.