וְ/סֹכְרִ֧ים
𐤅/𐤎𐤊𐤓𐤉𐤌
sâkar
and hiring
To hire or pay for services; to engage someone (or oneself) for wages or compensation. The verb broadly refers to the act of hiring, engaging labor for payment, or earning wages in return for rendered service. Contextually, it can signify both the one hiring and the one hired, as well as the act of receiving recompense for work performed. Additionally, it appears metaphorically for reward or recompense in some poetic or legal passages.
Ezra 4:5 · Word #1
Lexicon H7936
| Lemma | שָׂכַר |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤔𐤊𐤓 |
| Transliteration | sâkar |
| Strong's | H7936 |
| Definition | To hire or pay for services; to engage someone (or oneself) for wages or compensation. The verb broadly refers to the act of hiring, engaging labor for payment, or earning wages in return for rendered service. Contextually, it can signify both the one hiring and the one hired, as well as the act of receiving recompense for work performed. Additionally, it appears metaphorically for reward or recompense in some poetic or legal passages. |
Morphology HC/Vqrmpa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and hiring |
SIBI-P1 Translation H7936-15
those hiring
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle, masculine plural, absolute; prefixed conjunction in surface form. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal active participle masculine plural denotes agents actively engaging others for wages. "Those hiring" preserves the root sense of wage-based engagement and reflects the masculine plural participial form. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and those hiring
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | P1 used 'those hiring' but the vav-conjunction requires 'and' at the start; minimal adjustment to preserve the conjunction while keeping the participial force. |