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# hireling

noun

«hireling» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

A paid worker, here one who watches an animal and is not responsible for it as an owner would be.

**Interpretation.** The law of the paid guardian is discussed in the Talmud, which sets different duties for the unpaid guardian, the paid guardian and the hirer.

### Meaning

A person who works only for pay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hireling/#m1)

### Examples

- If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire. (Torah EXO.22.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hireling/#x1)
- And are not his days like the days of a hireling? (Writings JOB.7.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hireling/#x2)
- Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. (Writings JOB.14.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hireling/#x3)
- As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages; (Writings JOB.7.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hireling/#x4)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hireling» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hireling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hireling» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hireling.html) on Mova free.