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title: שָׂכָר — hire · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂכָר (7939), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: hire. BDB 1906: n.m. hire, wages. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂכָר

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«שָׂכָר» 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:** 28 times · **Key:** 7939 · **BDB:** שָׂכָר

### Glosses

wage\[s\] (11); reward (5); a.reward (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7939/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. hire, wages [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7939/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 29:18 hire, wages, only sg., not c. art.;—abs. שׂ׳ Nu 18:31 +, cstr. שְׂכַר Dt 15:18 +, sf. שְׂכָרִי Gn 30:18 +, etc.;— wages, of servant, Gn 30:28, 32, 33 (J), 31:8(×2); Ex 2:9 (all E), Dt 15:18 (שְׂ׳ שָׂכִיר), 24:15; 1 K 5:20; Zc 8:10; Mal 3:5 (שְׂ׳ שָׂכִיר); soldiers Ez 29:18, 19; shepherd (symb.) Zc 11:12(×2); beast Ex 22:14 (E), Zc 8:10. = reward, for work done, faithfulness, etc., Gn 15:1 (JE), 30:18 (E) in expl. of name יששכר, Nu 18:31 (P), כִּי יֵשׁ שׂ׳ לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ Je 31:16 (cf. 2 Ch 15:7), Is 40:10 = 62:11 (fig. of reward of י׳’s labours), ψ 127:3; Ec 4:9; 9:5. passage-money, fare, Jon 1:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 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 «שָׂכָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7939/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 127:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.127.3/)

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הִנֵּ֤ה נַחֲלַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה בָּנִ֑ים שָׂ֝כָ֗ר פְּרִ֣י הַבָּֽטֶן׃

*Word for word:* here! the.inheritance of.Yahweh \[is\].sons \[is\].a.reward the.fruit of the.womb

*JPS 1917:* Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD; the fruit of the womb is a reward.

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[Genesis 30:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.28/)

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וַיֹּאמַ֑ר נָקְבָ֧ה שְׂכָרְךָ֛ עָלַ֖י וְאֶתֵּֽנָה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said designate wage\[s\] your on me and I.will.give.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* And he said: 'Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.'

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