hireling

«hireling» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A person who works only for pay — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A person who works only for pay. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A paid worker, here one who watches an animal and is not responsible for it as an owner would be. Interpretation: The law of the paid guardian is discussed in the Talmud, which sets different duties for the unpaid guardian, the paid guardian and the hirer.

examples

• If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire. (Torah EXO.22.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• And are not his days like the days of a hireling? (Writings JOB.7.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. (Writings JOB.14.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages; (Writings JOB.7.2, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
• As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;
• Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hireling» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.