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שָׂכִיר

«שָׂכִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: hired — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 18 times · Key: 7916 · BDB: שָׂכִיר

Glosses

a.hired.laborer (7); of.a.hired.laborer (7); [was].a.hired.animal (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

hired tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. hired tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. hired;—abs. שׂ׳ Ex 12:45 +, f. שְׂכִירָה Is 7:20; cstr. שְׂכִיר Lv 25:53; sf. שְׂכִירְךָ v 6; pl. sf. שְׂכִרֶיהָ Je 46:21;— hired, of beast Ex 22:14 (E), razor Is 7:20 (fig.). usually as subst. hireling, hired labourer Dt 15:18; 24:14; Lv 19:13; 22:10; 25:6, 40, 53 (all H), Ex 12:45; Lv 25:50 (both P), Mal 3:5; Jb 7:1, 2; 14:6; כִּשְׁנֵי שׂ׳ Is 16:14 years like a hireling’s years (reckoned strictly), so 21:16; mercenaries Je 46:21.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Exodus 12:45

תּוֹשָׁ֥ב וְשָׂכִ֖יר לֹא־יֹ֥אכַל־בּֽוֹ׃

Word for word: a.resident.alien and a.hired.laborer not he.will.eat in it

JPS 1917: A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.

Job 7:2

כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ׃

Word for word: like a.slave [who].he.pants.for shade and like a.hired.laborer [who].he.waits.eagerly.for wage[s] his

JPS 1917: As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;

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