requite

«requite» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to pay them back for good or bad that they have done to you — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (requites, requited, requiting); old use

meaning for a pupil

To requite someone is to pay them back for good or bad that they have done to you. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it usually means paying back evil, as when Joseph's brothers fear he will take revenge. Interpretation: Jewish tradition reads Joseph's forgiveness as a model of not taking revenge, and Moses' question shows God's goodness is not to be repaid with ingratitude. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, a hero repays a kindness or a wrong

examples

• Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee? (Torah DEU.32.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said: 'It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.' (Torah GEN.50.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• If I have requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness; (Writings PSA.7.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor requited us according to our iniquities. (Writings PSA.103.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Say not thou: 'I will requite evil'; wait for the LORD, and He will save thee. (Writings PRO.20.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• I will requite your kindness one day. tree →
• The king requited the boy with gold. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
• If I have requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness;
• But Thou, O LORD, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
• He will requite the evil unto them that lie in wait for me; destroy Thou them in Thy truth.
• He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor requited us according to our iniquities.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «requite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.