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Leviticus 25:40
“But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׂכִירsâkîyr · saw-keer'
H7916 · Hebrew
H7916 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a man at wages by the day or year
- Derivation
- from H7936 (שָׂכַר);
- KJV renderings
- hired (man, servant), hireling.
- Grammar
- כְּ — preposition
- שָׂכִ֥יר — adjective, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 17 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 12:45Exodus 22:14Leviticus 19:13Leviticus 22:10Leviticus 25:6
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׂכִיר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.