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# hire

«hire» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to pay to use something for a time (UK), like hiring a…** — 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 (hire, hires, hired, hiring); noun (hire)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To hire is to pay to use something for a time (UK), like hiring a boat or bikes; in the USA people usually say «rent». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#m1)

2) To hire someone is to give them a job and pay them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#m2)

3) Hire is paying to use something: «bike hire», «for hire». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Wages paid to a worker, or paying a worker. A hired servant was a paid worker, not a member of the family. It can also mean paying soldiers, and the prophet uses it of Ephraim "hiring lovers", paying other nations for help. Interpretation: The Torah commands paying a worker on the same day, and tradition counts delaying wages as a wrong. Hosea's "hired lovers" is read as Israel buying alliances with foreign powers instead of trusting God. In the primary lessons: paying for time: cost per hour × hours; workers hired; in everyday life: hiring bikes at the park, a car hire for a holiday, «for hire» on a taxi; in jobs: a company hires new workers; phrases: «for hire», «hire out», «car hire»

### examples

- A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. (Torah EXO.12.45, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x1)
- And Leah said: 'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. (Torah GEN.30.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x2)
- If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire. (Torah EXO.22.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x3)
- For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers. (Prophets HOS.8.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x4)
- He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver. (Writings 2CH.25.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x5)
- So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people; who came and encamped before Medeba. (Writings 1CH.19.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x6)
- They hire a boat for $15 an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x7)
- The shop hires 3 new workers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x8)
- How much to hire bikes for 4 hours? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x9)
- A bus is hired for the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x10)
- We hired a canoe on the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x11)
- The taxi light shows it is for hire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x12)
- The school hired a new music teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x13)
- They hire out their hall for parties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/#x14)

### note

Cost = rate × time; often plus a fixed fee. Workers hired add to the staff. Homophone: «higher» sounds the same. UK «hire a car» = US «rent a car».

### In the corpora

- [And Leah said: 'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.905/)
- [A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.356/)
- [As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him; he shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.786/)
- [For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.112/)
- [He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.553/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hire» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hire/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.