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Hebrew wordlink #279607

OSHB Ecc 4:9 שָׂכָר (sākār) Strongs=7939 Lemma=‘שָׂכָר’
contextual word gloss=‘a_reward’ word gloss=‘reward’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-977

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Other uses (6) of identical word form שָׂכָר (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שָׂכָר’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 5 different glosses: ‘[is]_a_reward’, ‘[is]_wage[s]’, ‘a_reward’, ‘reward’, ‘wage[s]’.

NUM 18:31 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_wage[s]’ word gloss=‘wage’ OSHB NUM 18:31 word 8

OET-LV: 31 And_you(pl)_will _eat DOM_him/it in_all place you(pl) and_your _of_household if/because is_wage[s] it to/for_you(pl) in _return _for service _of_your(pl) in_the _tent _of meeting. (NUM_18:31)

OET-RV: 31 The rest is for your wages for the service you all do at the sacred tent, and you all can eat it wherever you want to. (NUM 18:31)

2 CHR 15:7 contextual word gloss=‘reward’ word gloss=‘reward’ OSHB 2 CHR 15:7 word 8

OET-LV: 7 And_you(pl) be _strong and_not hands _of_your(pl) let _them _drop if/because there_is reward for_your _of_work. (CH2_15:7)

OET-RV: 7 But all of you, be strong and don’t give up striving, because your hard work will be rewarded.” (CH2 15:7)

PSA 127:3 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_a_reward’ word gloss=‘reward’ OSHB PSA 127:3 word 5

OET-LV: 3 Here the _inheritance _of YHWH is_sons is_a _reward the _fruit _of the _womb. (PSA_127:3)

OET-RV: ⇔  3 Yes, children are a heritage from Yahweh,
⇔ and the product of the womb is a reward. (PSA 127:3)

ECC 9:5 contextual word gloss=‘a_reward’ word gloss=‘reward’ OSHB ECC 9:5 word 12

OET-LV: 5 If/because the_life are_knowing (cmp)_they_will _die and_the _dead_people not_they are_knowing anything and_there_is_not still to/for_them a _reward if/because memorial _of_their it _is _forgotten. (ECC_9:5)

OET-RV: 5 because the living know that we’ll die
⇔ but the dead don’t know anything
⇔ and have no further reward because their memory is forgotten. (ECC 9:5)

JER 31:16 contextual word gloss=‘a_reward’ word gloss=‘reward’ OSHB JER 31:16 word 11

OET-LV: 16 thus YHWH he _says restrain voice _of_your from_weeping and_your _two’s _of_eyes from_tear[s] if/because there_will _be a _reward for_your _of_work the _utterance _of YHWH and_they _will _return from_the_land the_enemy. (JER_31:16)

OET-RV: 16 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (JER 31:16)

EZE 29:19 contextual word gloss=‘wage[s]’ word gloss=‘wages’ OSHB EZE 29:19 word 21

OET-LV: 19 for_so/thus/hence thus my_master he _says YHWH here_I am_about _to _give to_Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar the _king _of Bāⱱel DOM the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_he _will _carry _off wealth _of_its and_he _will _plunder plunder _of_its and_he _will _take _as _spoil spoil _of_its and_it _will _be wage[s] for_his _of_army. (EZE_29:19)

OET-RV: 19 therefore the master Yahweh says this, ‘Listen, I’m giving Egypt to the Babylonian King Nebuchadnetstsar and he’ll take away its wealth, plunder its possessions, and carry off everything he finds there—that will be his army’s wages. (EZE 29:19)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘שָׂכָר’’ have 6 different glosses: ‘[is]_a_reward’, ‘[is]_wage[s]’, ‘a_reward’, ‘of_Sakar’, ‘reward’, ‘wage[s]’.