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OSHB 2 Chr 24:12 שֹׂכְרִים (sokrīm) Strongs=7936 b Lemma=‘שָׂכַר’
 contextual word gloss=‘hiring’ word gloss=‘hired’
 Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
  Year=-856

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Only use of identical word form ‘שֹׂכְרִים’ (Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שֹׂכְרִים’ (Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘hiring’.

2 CHR 24:12 contextual word gloss=‘hiring’ word gloss=‘hired’ OSHB 2 CHR 24:12 word 11

OET-LV: 12 And_he_gave_it the_king and_Yəhōyādāˊ/(Jehoiada) to the_doer[s]_of the_work_of the_service_of the_house_of YHWH and_they_were hiring stonemasons and_craftsmen to_renew the_house_of YHWH and_also (to)_craftsmen_of iron and_bronze to_repair DOM the_house_of YHWH. (CH2_24:12)

OET-RV: 12 The king and Yehoyada the priest gave the collected funds to the people who worked on the temple renovations. They used them to hire stone-workers and carpenters to restore the temple building, as well as for iron and bronze craftsmen. (CH2 24:12)

Hebrew words (1) other than שֹׂכְרִים (Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘hiring’

EZRA 4:5 וְסֹכְרִים (vəşokrīm)  Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘סָכַר’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, [they_were]_hiring’ morpheme glosses=‘and, bribed’ OSHB EZRA 4:5 word 1

OET-LV: 5 And_they_were_hiring on_them counsellors to_frustrate purpose_of_their all_of the_days_of Kōresh the_king_of Pāraş and_unto the_reign_of Dārəyāvesh the_king_of Pāraş. (EZR_4:5)

OET-RV: 5 They’d also hired influencers to work against them throughout the reigns of the Persian kings Koresh (Cyrus) and Dareyavesh (Darius). (EZR 4:5)