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# מַשְׂכֹּרֶת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4909

**wages** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

wages [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4909/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַשְׂכֹּ֫רֶת²: n.f. wages [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4909/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wages;—sf.: wages of servant, מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּי Gn 31:7, 41, -תֶּ֑ךָ 29:15; = reward of faithfulness, -תֵּךְ Ru 2:12.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: wage\[s\] (4).

## In the verses

[Genesis 29:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.15/#tree)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָבָן֙ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב הֲכִי־אָחִ֣י אַ֔תָּה וַעֲבַדְתַּ֖נִי חִנָּ֑ם הַגִּ֥ידָה לִּ֖י מַה־מַּשְׂכֻּרְתֶּֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Laban to Jacob ? (dm) relative my \[are\].you and you will.serve.me for.nothing tell to me what? wage\[s\] \[is\].your

*JPS 1917:* And Laban said unto Jacob: 'Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?'

[Ruth 2:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.12/#tree)

יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה פָּעֳלֵ֑ךְ וּתְהִ֨י מַשְׂכֻּרְתֵּ֜ךְ שְׁלֵמָ֗ה מֵעִ֤ם יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֖את לַחֲס֥וֹת תַּֽחַת־כְּנָפָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* may.he.reward Yahweh deed\[s\] your and may.it.be wage\[s\] your complete from with Yahweh the.God of.Israel whom you.have.come to take.refuge under wings his

*JPS 1917:* The LORD recompense thy work, and be thy reward complete from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.'

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4909/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).