shil.lum denotes recompense, whether announced as coming judgment or sought by corrupt officials.

The term denotes recompense in announced punishment and vengeance in Hosea 9:7 and Isaiah 34:8, while Micah 7:3 places it in the corrupt conduct of a judge acting for recompense.

1. Recompense in punishment and vengeance · dominant

   In Hosea 9:7, the singular absolute noun occurs in the announcement that days of punishment and recompense have come. In Isaiah 34:8, the plural absolute form stands in the clause that the APB renders "the year of recompense for the strife of Zion."

   Hosea 9:7Isaiah 34:8
2. Recompense sought by a judge · occasional

   In Micah 7:3, the singular absolute noun occurs in the clause describing a judge who acts for recompense amid coordinated evil by rulers and the great.

   Micah 7:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "recompense" in Hosea 9:7 and Isaiah 34:8, and describes the judge in Micah 7:3 as acting "for recompense." These renderings confirm the clauses' presentation rather than isolate every nuance of the noun.