וְ/שֹׂכֵ֥ר
𐤅/𐤔𐤊𐤓
sâkar
and hires
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.
Proverbs 26:10 · Word #4
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/Vqrmsa
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 | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and hires |
SIBI-P1 Translation H7936-14
and one who hires
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle, masculine singular absolute, with prefixed conjunction וְ ("and"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal active participle masculine singular denotes an ongoing or characteristic action, thus "one who hires." The prefixed conjunction וְ is reflected by "and," preserving both verbal force and morphology. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and one who hires
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | P1 maintains the participle and disjunctive force of the conjunction, in line with the Hebrew syntax; no contextual change required. |