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title: מַשְׂכֹּרֶת — wages · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשְׂכֹּרֶת (4909), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: wages. BDB 1906: n.f. wages. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשְׂכֹּרֶת

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«מַשְׂכֹּרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wages** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 4909 · **BDB:** מַשְׂכֹּ֫רֶת²

### Glosses

wage\[s\] (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wages [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4909/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wages [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4909/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wages;—sf.: wages of servant, מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּי Gn 31:7, 41, -תֶּ֑ךָ 29:15; = reward of faithfulness, -תֵּךְ Ru 2:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַשְׂכֹּרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4909/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 29:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.15/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָבָן֙ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב הֲכִי־אָחִ֣י אַ֔תָּה וַעֲבַדְתַּ֖נִי חִנָּ֑ם הַגִּ֥ידָה לִּ֖י מַה־מַּשְׂכֻּרְתֶּֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Laban to Jacob ? (dm) relative my \[are\].you and you will.serve.me for.nothing tell to me what? wage\[s\] \[is\].your

*JPS 1917:* And Laban said unto Jacob: 'Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?'

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[Ruth 2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.12/)

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יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה פָּעֳלֵ֑ךְ וּתְהִ֨י מַשְׂכֻּרְתֵּ֜ךְ שְׁלֵמָ֗ה מֵעִ֤ם יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֖את לַחֲס֥וֹת תַּֽחַת־כְּנָפָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* may.he.reward Yahweh deed\[s\] your and may.it.be wage\[s\] your complete from with Yahweh the.God of.Israel whom you.have.come to take.refuge under wings his

*JPS 1917:* The LORD recompense thy work, and be thy reward complete from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.'

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