H8408 H8408
benefits — acts of kindness or goodness, particularly divine blessings deserving grateful response
This noun appears in Psalm 116:12 with an Aramaic suffix: 'all his benefits unto me.' The psalmist asks rhetorically, 'What shall I return to the Lord for all his benefits?' The word denotes acts of goodness or kindness, especially divine favors. The plural emphasizes the multiplicity of God's gracious deeds. The question leads to the answer: a life of thanksgiving, vows fulfilled, and public testimony.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The plural noun with Aramaic suffix in Psalm 116:12 means 'all his benefits,' referring to Yahweh's manifold acts of kindness and deliverance. The term is related to the root for 'dealing' or 'recompense,' here in the positive sense of blessings bestowed. The psalmist's rhetorical question highlights the impossibility of repaying God, leading to the response of grateful worship and testimony. 1×
AR["إحساناتِهِ"]·ben["তাঁর-মঙ্গল"]·DE["sein-benefits"]·EN["His-benefits"]·FR["bienfait"]·heb["תגמולוהי"]·HI["उसके-उपकारों-के-लिए"]·ID["kebaikan-Nya"]·IT["[תגמולוהי]"]·jav["kanugrahané"]·KO["그-의-은혜들-을"]·PT["benefícios-dele"]·RU["благодеяния-Его"]·ES["sus-beneficios"]·SW["mema-yake"]·TR["iyilikleri-için"]·urd["اُس-کے-احسانات"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [תַּגְמוּל] n.m. benefit—pl. c. Aramaic sf. כָּל־תַּגְמוּלוֹהִי עָלָי all his benefits unto me ψ 116:12.