Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jack Kilmon" <jkilmon AT historian.net>]

Isn’t אֲשַׁלֵּם “reward?” and נָקָם “vengeance?”

 

Jack Kilmon

 

From: Philip

Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 6:56 PM

To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

Cc: Philip Engmann

Subject: [b-hebrew] שלם used to denote non-peaceful word(s) “requite/revenge, repay”?

 

Dear Listees,

Deut 32:41 reads, אָשִׁיב נָקָם לְצָרָי, וְלִמְשַׂנְאַי אֲשַׁלֵּם

This may not be new to many, but I find it interesting that see the last word in the stitch, i.e. אֲשַׁלֵּם , root,שלם so often used to denote peace is being used here in totally non-peaceful terms as: “to requite/ revenge, repay”?

What are you thoughts on this please?

Many thanks,

Philip Engmann

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