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Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. (KJV)
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תֶּן\־ten-requite
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Psalms 28:4 word 1
כְּפָעֳלָם֮ke.fo.'o.Lamaccording to work their
Lemma: פֹּ֫עַל (po.al) · Strong's: H6467
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: work
Used 37 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 33:11, Ruth 2:12, 2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22, Job 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6467; TAHOT Psalms 28:4 word 2
וּכְרֹ֪עַu.khe.Ro.a'and according to [the] wickedness of
Lemma: רֹעַ (ro.a) · Strong's: H7455
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: evil
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 41:19, Deuteronomy 28:20, 1 Samuel 17:28, Nehemiah 2:2, Ecclesiastes 7:3, Isaiah 1:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7455; TAHOT Psalms 28:4 word 3
מַֽעַלְלֵ֫יהֶ֥םma.'a.Lei.Hemdeeds their
Lemma: מַעֲלָל (ma.a.lal) · Strong's: H4611
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: deed
Used 39 times. Also: Deuteronomy 28:20, Judges 2:19, 1 Samuel 25:3, Nehemiah 9:35, Psalms 77:11, Psalms 78:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4611; TAHOT Psalms 28:4 word 4
כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הke.ma.'a.Sehaccording to [the] work of
Lemma: מַעֲשֶׂה (ma.a.seh) · Strong's: H4639G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: deed: work
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 46:33, Genesis 47:3, Exodus 5:4, Exodus 5:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4639G; TAHOT Psalms 28:4 word 5
יְ֭דֵיהֶםYe.dei.hemhands their
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HNcbdc)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Psalms 28:4 word 6
תֵּ֣ןtenrequite
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Psalms 28:4 word 7
הָשֵׁ֖בha.Shevrepay
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725K
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)
Meaning: to return: pay
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 50:15, Exodus 21:34, Leviticus 25:28, Leviticus 25:51, Leviticus 25:52, Leviticus 26:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725K; TAHOT Psalms 28:4 word 8
גְּמוּלָ֣םge.mu.Lamrecompense their
Lemma: גְּמוּל (ge.mul) · Strong's: H1576
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: recompense
Used 19 times. Also: Judges 9:16, 2 Chronicles 32:25, Psalms 94:2, Psalms 103:2, Psalms 137:8, Proverbs 12:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1576; TAHOT Psalms 28:4 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Repay | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| them | → | |
| according to their deeds | → | פֹּ֫עַל H6467 work |
| and for their works | → | מַעֲלָל H4611 deed |
| of evil | → | רֹעַ H7455 evil |
| Repay | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| them | → | |
| for what their hands | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| have done | → | מַעֲשֶׂה H4639G deed: work |
| bring back | → | שׁוּב H7725K to return: pay |
| on them | → | |
| what they deserve | → | גְּמוּל H1576 recompense |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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