אֶתְנַן
et.nan (H0868)
wages
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# The Hebrew Word for Wages: אֶתְנַן (etnan) The Hebrew word *etnan* denotes "wages"—payment given in exchange for labor or service. With eleven occurrences in the biblical text, this term represents a straightforward economic concept central to ancient Israelite society. The word refers to the concrete compensation that workers received for their efforts, whether in agricultural, domestic, or other forms of employment. The presence of *etnan* across multiple biblical passages suggests it was a common feature of daily economic life. Its consistent definition as "wages" indicates the Hebraic understanding of fair exchange: labor rendered deserved payment in return. This concept appears significant enough in biblical narrative and law to warrant its own specific terminology, distinguishing it from related economic terms that might address gifts, tribute, or other forms of wealth transfer. The word's repeated use across eleven instances implies it held practical and perhaps ethical importance in discussions of worker compensation and economic justice.
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You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
It will happen after the end of seventy years that Yahweh will visit Tyre. She will return to her wages, and will play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.
Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay.
You are different from other women in your prostitution, in that no one follows you to play the prostitute; and whereas you give hire, and no hire is given to you, therefore you are different.” ’
They will burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. I will cause you to cease from playing the prostitute, and you will also give no hire any more.
Don’t rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; for you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.
All her idols will be beaten to pieces, and all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and all her images I will destroy; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return.”