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Jeremiah 18:20
“Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7999 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, [idiom] surely.
- Grammar
- הַ — particle (interrogative)
- יְשֻׁלַּ֤ם — verb Pual, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 116 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 44:4Exodus 21:34Exodus 21:36Exodus 21:36Exodus 21:37
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁלַם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.