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title: שָׂכִיר — hired · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂכִיר (7916), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: hired. BDB 1906: adj. hired. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂכִיר

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«שָׂכִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hired** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 7916 · **BDB:** שָׂכִיר

### Glosses

a.hired.laborer (7); of.a.hired.laborer (7); \[was\].a.hired.animal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hired [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7916/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. hired [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7916/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. hired;—abs. שׂ׳ Ex 12:45 +, f. שְׂכִירָה Is 7:20; cstr. שְׂכִיר Lv 25:53; sf. שְׂכִירְךָ v 6; pl. sf. שְׂכִרֶיהָ Je 46:21;— hired, of beast Ex 22:14 (E), razor Is 7:20 (fig.). usually as subst. hireling, hired labourer Dt 15:18; 24:14; Lv 19:13; 22:10; 25:6, 40, 53 (all H), Ex 12:45; Lv 25:50 (both P), Mal 3:5; Jb 7:1, 2; 14:6; כִּשְׁנֵי שׂ׳ Is 16:14 years like a hireling’s years (reckoned strictly), so 21:16; mercenaries Je 46:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂכִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7916/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 12:45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.45/)

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תּוֹשָׁ֥ב וְשָׂכִ֖יר לֹא־יֹ֥אכַל־בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* a.resident.alien and a.hired.laborer not he.will.eat in it

*JPS 1917:* A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.

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[Job 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.2/)

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כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* like a.slave \[who\].he.pants.for shade and like a.hired.laborer \[who\].he.waits.eagerly.for wage\[s\] his

*JPS 1917:* As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;

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