Lexical Definition

‎שָׂכַר‎ sâkar (saw-kar') to hire ^H:V
or (by permutation) סָכַר çâkar (saw-kar'); (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to ‎כָּרָה‎ through the idea of temporary purchase; compare ‎שָׁכַר‎)

earn wages, hire (out self), reward, [idiom] surely.

• to hire

1) to hire
1a) (Qal) to hire
1b) (Niphal) to hire oneself out
1c) (Hithpael) to earn wages

Extended Information

spelling of: שָׂכַר

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎סָכַר‎] verb hire ( = ‎שָׂכַר‎; ‎ס‎ erroneously for ‎שׂ‎); — only Qal Participle plural ‎וְסֹכְרִים‎ Ezra 4:5 and hiring against (‎על‎) them agents.

‎שָׂכַר‎ verb hire (Late Hebrew id.; Sabean ‎תשכר‎ hire oneself out (?), recompense (?) DHM^{Hofmus. 11}; Ethiopic hired; Arabic reward, thank, modern Palestinian hired, of land ploughed by hire, Bergheim^{PEQ 1894, 196}; Palmyrene ‎שכרא‎ perhaps rewarding Lzb³⁷⁵); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Deut 23:5*; 2Kgs 7:6, suffix ‎שְׂכָרוֺ‎ Neh 6:12 1 singular suffix ‎שְׂכַרְתִּיךָ‎ Gen 30:16 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּשְׂכֹּר‎ Judg 9:4 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎שָׂכֹר‎ Gen 30:16 construct ‎לִשְׂכֹּר‎ 1Chr 19:6 Participle active ‎שׂכֵר‎ Prov 26:10 (twice in verse), plural ‎שׂכְרִים‎ 2Chr 24:12 (Ezra 4:5 see II. ‎סכר‎); passive ‎שָׂכוּר‎ Neh 6:13 — hire, retainers Judg 9:4 (‎ב‎ pret.), soldiers, etc. 2Sam 10:6 = 1Chr 19:6; 1Chr 19:7; 2Kgs 7:6; 2Chr 25:6 (‎ב‎ pret.), priest Judg 18:4, artificers Isa 46:6; 2Chr 24:12, husband's favour ‎שָׂכֹר שְׂכַרְתִּיךָ‎ Gen 30:16 (J; ‎ב‎ pret.); Prov 26:10 (twice in verse) obscure, see De Now Toy; for evil purpose Deut 23:5* = Neh 13:2 (‎על‎ against), Neh 6:12; Neh 6:13, Niph`al hire oneself out, Perfect ‎בַּלֶּחֶם נִשְׂכָּ֑רוּ‎ 1Sam 2:5. Hithpa`el earn wages, Participle ‎הַמְּשְׂתַּכֵּר‎ Hag 1:6 (as substantive), ‎׳‎‎מ‎ vHag 1:6 (as verb, + ‎אֶל‎ location, construction praegn.).

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