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title: שֶׂכֶר — hire · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׂכֶר (7938), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: hire. BDB 1906: hire, wages. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׂכֶר

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«שֶׂכֶר» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7938 · **BDB:** שֶׂ֫כֶר

### Glosses

of.wage\[s\] (1); wage\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7938/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hire, wages [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7938/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hire, wages;—abs. עֹשֵׂי שׂ׳ Is 19:10 (= שָׂכִיר; cstr. Pr 11:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׂכֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7938/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 11:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.18/)

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רָשָׁ֗ע עֹשֶׂ֥ה פְעֻלַּת־שָׁ֑קֶר וְזֹרֵ֥עַ צְ֝דָקָ֗ה שֶׂ֣כֶר אֱמֶֽת׃

*Word for word:* a.wicked.\[person\] \[is\].making wage\[s\] of.falsehood and \[one.who\].sows righteousness wage\[s\] of.truth

*JPS 1917:* The wicked earneth deceitful wages; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

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[Isaiah 19:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.10/)

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וְהָי֥וּ שָׁתֹתֶ֖יהָ מְדֻכָּאִ֑ים כָּל־עֹ֥שֵׂי שֶׂ֖כֶר אַגְמֵי־נָֽפֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be foundations its crushed all \[those.who\].work of.wage\[s\] \[will.be\].grieved of.soul

*JPS 1917:* And her foundations shall be crushed, all they that make dams shall be grieved in soul.

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