Lexicon
שִׁלֵּם
shil.lem
H8005
H:N-M Hebrew

recompense

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shil.lem denotes recompense claimed in a declaration that vengeance belongs to the speaker.

The sole attested use places the noun in a declaration that both vengeance and recompense belong to the speaker, in the setting of approaching disaster and doom.

Senses in use

  1. Recompense claimed with vengeance · dominant

    In Deuteronomy 32:35, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the declaration that vengeance and recompense are the speaker's; the APB renders the clause, “Vengeance is mine, and recompense.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Deuteronomy 32:35, the APB presents the noun within “Vengeance is mine, and recompense,”.

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