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title: שָׂכַר — hire · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂכַר (7936), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: hire. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂכַר

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«שָׂכַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hire** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 7936 · **BDB:** שָׂכַר

### Glosses

he.hired (3); \[one.who\].hires (2); he (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7936/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7936/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hire (NH id.; Sab. תשכר hire oneself out(?), recompense(?) DHMHofmus. 11; Ethiopic ሥኩር: hired; Arabic شَكَرَ reward, thank, mod. Pal. شكارة hired, of land ploughed by hire, BergheimPEQ 1894, 196; Palm. שכרא perhaps rewarding Lzb375);— Pf. 3 ms. שׂ׳ Dt 23:5, ס׳ Ezr 4:5 sf. שְׂכָרוֹ Ne 6:12; 1 s. sf. שְׂכַרְתִּיךָ Gn 30:16; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּשְׂכֹּר Ju 9:4 +, etc.; Inf. abs. שָׂכֹר Gn 30:16; cstr. לִשְׂכֹּר 1 Ch 19:6; Pt. act. שׂבֵר Pr 26:10(×2), pl. שׂכְרִים 2 Ch 24:12 (Ezr 4:5 v. ii. סבר); pass. שָׂכוּר Ne 6:13;—hire, retainers Ju 9:4 (ב pret.), soldiers, etc. 2 S 10:6 = 1 Ch 19:6, 7; 2 K 7:6; 2 Ch 25:6 (ב pret.), priest Ju 18:4, artificers Is 46:6; 2 Ch 24:12, husband’s favour שָׂכֹר שְׂכַרְתִּיךָ Gn 30:16 (J; ב pret.); Pr 26:10(×2) obscure, v. De Now Toy; for evil purpose Dt 23:5 = Ne 13:2 (עַל against), Ne 6:12, 13. hire oneself out, Pf. בַּלֶּחֶם נִשְׂכָּ֑רוּ 1 S 2:5. earn wages, Pt. הַמִּשְׂתַּכֵּר Hg 1:6 (as subst.), מ׳ v 6 (as vb., + אֶל loc., constr. praegn.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂכַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7936/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.10/)

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רַ֥ב מְחֽוֹלֵֽל־כֹּ֑ל וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר כְּ֝סִ֗יל וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר עֹבְרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* an.archer \[who\].pierces everyone and \[one.who\].hires a.fool and \[one.who\].hires \[those.who\].pass.by

*JPS 1917:* A master performeth all things; but he that stoppeth a fool is as one that stoppeth a flood.

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[2 Chronicles 25:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.6/)

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וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵ֥אָה אֶ֛לֶף גִּבּ֥וֹר חָ֖יִל בְּמֵאָ֥ה כִכַּר־כָּֽסֶף׃

*Word for word:* and he.hired from Israel one.hundred thousand mighty.\[man\] of.strength for one.hundred talent\[s\] of.silver

*JPS 1917:* He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

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