סָכַר
sa.khar (H7936B)
to hire
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word סָכַר (sa.khar) is defined as "to hire." This verb is primarily associated with commercial transactions and wealth. With 20 occurrences in the Bible, its range of usage is significant, appearing in various contexts that involve payment for labor or services. The significance of this word lies in its connection to economic activities, such as hiring workers, paying wages, or employing someone for a task. This verb highlights the value and importance of work, as well as the concept of reward for labor. By examining the Hebrew lexicon's definition of this word, we can gain insight into the ancient Israelites' understanding of work, commerce, and the dynamics between employers and employees.
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Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” He lay with her that night.
because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and reckless fellows who followed him.
He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”
Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children languishes.
When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear the sound of chariots, and the sound of horses, even the noise of a great army; and they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us.”
When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.
So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah with his people, who came and encamped near Medeba. The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of Yahweh’s house. They hired masons and carpenters to restore Yahweh’s house, and also those who worked iron and bronze to repair Yahweh’s house.
He also hired one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.
I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them; however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.
Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down— yes, they worship.
You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.”