Words

שָׁלַם H7999

Home gloss

repay (piel)

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

reward / return

Note

The piel of the root of שָׁלֵם "complete" and שָׁלוֹם "peace": to make whole, to pay back. "Repay bad in place of good" (44:4; Ps 35:12; 38:21; Jer 18:20). The qal is fixed when reached

Rulings

2, 20

Occurrences (1)

Genesis 44

• 44:4 They had gone out of the city; they had not gone far; and Joseph said to the one over his house, "Rise, pursue after the men, and overtake them, and say to them, 'Why have you repaid bad in place of good?