BDB8246 [H7939]

I. שָׂכָר noun masculineEzek 29:18 hire, wages, only singular, not with article; — absolute ׳שׂ Num 18:31 +, construct שְׂכַר Deut 15:18 +, suffix שְׂכָרִי Gen 30:18 +, etc.; —

1. wages, of servant, Gen 30:28; Gen 30:32; Gen 30:83 (J), Gen 31:8 (twice in verse); Exod 2:9 (all E), Deut 15:18 (שָׂכִיר ׳שְׂ), Deut 24:15; 1Kgs 5:20; Zech 8:10; Mal 3:5 (שָׂכִיר ׳שְׂ); soldiers Ezek 29:18; Ezek 29:19 shepherd (symbol) Zech 11:12 (twice in verse); beast Exod 22:14 (E), Zech 8:10.
2. = reward, for work done, faithfulness, etc., Gen 15:1 (JE), Gen 30:18 (E) in explanation of name יששכר, Num 18:31 (P), כִּי לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ ׳יֵשׁ שׂ Jer 31:16 (cf, 2Chr 15:7), Isa 40:10 = Isa 62:11 (figurative of reward of ׳י's labours), Ps 127:3; Eccl 4:9; Eccl 9:5.
3. passage-money, fare, Jonah 1:3.


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