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שׂכר

Strong’s: H7936

Associated OET lemmas: סָכַר · שָׂכַר

Authors: Reinier de Blois

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: מַשְׂכֹּרֶת · שֶׂכֶר · שָׂכָר · שָׂכִיר

Sense 1: to hire oneself out

Semantic domains: Hire (002003002016)

Core domains: Work (200); Recompense (140)

Definition: = action by which humans make their services available to other humans for a limited amount of time and in return for payment

Forms: vtP

HAG 1:6: RV HAG 1:6 · LV HAG 1:6 · Read together HAG 1:6

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OET-RV HAG 1:6

6 You’ve all planted a lot, but only harvested a little. You’ve eaten, but it never fills you. You all drink, but never enough to satisfy you. You put on clothes, but never feel warm enough. You earn wages, but your pockets seem to be full of holes.”

OET-LV HAG 1:6

6 You(pl)_have _sown much and_you _have _brought little you _have _eaten and_not it_was_to _be _satisfied you _have _drunk and_not it_was_to _become _drunk you _have _dressed and_not it_was_to _be _warm to_him/it and_the_one_who_earns _wages is_earning _wages to a _bag pierced.

Sense 2: to hire

Semantic domains: Hire (002003002016)

Core domains: Work (200); Recompense (140)

Definition: = causative action by which humans obtain the service of other humans for a limited amount of time and in return for payment

Forms: vbqal-; vbnif- (passive)

GEN 30:16: RV GEN 30:16 · LV GEN 30:16 · Read together GEN 30:16

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OET-RV GEN 30:16

16 So that evening when Ya’akov came home from the countryside, Le’ah went out to meet him and told him, “You must come to me tonight because I’ve hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

OET-LV GEN 30:16

16 And_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he _came from the_field in_evening and_ Lēʼāh _she _went _out to_meet_him and_she/it _said to_me you _will _come if/because actually _(hire) I_have _hired _you for_the _mandrakes _of my _son _of_my and_he _lay with_her/it in_night that.

DEU 23:5: RV DEU 23:4 · LV DEU 23:5 · Read together DEU 23:4

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OET-RV DEU 23:4

4 since they wouldn’t even sell you bread and water when the people were travelling from Mitsrayim (Egypt) to Kena’an (Canaan). What’s more, they hired Be’or’s son Bil’am (Balaam) (from Petor in Aram -Naharayim) to curse you

OET-LV DEU 23:5

5  On the _thing _of (of)_that not they _met you(pl) with_food and_with_water on_way when_you_came _out from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_which he _hired on_you DOM Bilˊām the _son _of Bəˊōr from_Pethor ʼArām Nahₐrayim to_curse_you.

All 16 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: RV GEN 30:16 · LV GEN 30:16 · Read together GEN 30:16

DEU: RV DEU 23:4 · LV DEU 23:5 · Read together DEU 23:4

JDG: RV JDG 9:4 · RV JDG 18:4 · LV JDG 9:4 · LV JDG 18:4 · Read together JDG 9:4 · Read together JDG 18:4

SA1: RV SA1 2:5 · LV SA1 2:5 · Read together SA1 2:5

SA2: RV SA2 10:6 · LV SA2 10:6 · Read together SA2 10:6

KI2: RV KI2 7:6 · LV KI2 7:6 · Read together KI2 7:6

CH1: RV CH1 19:6–7 · LV CH1 19:6–7 · Read together CH1 19:6–7

CH2: RV CH2 24:12 · RV CH2 25:6 · LV CH2 24:12 · LV CH2 25:6 · Read together CH2 24:12 · Read together CH2 25:6

NEH: RV NEH 6:12–13 · RV NEH 13:2 · LV NEH 6:12–13 · LV NEH 13:2 · Read together NEH 6:12–13 · Read together NEH 13:2

PRO: RV PRO 26:10 · LV PRO 26:10 · Read together PRO 26:10

ISA: RV ISA 46:6 · LV ISA 46:6 · Read together ISA 46:6