שכר

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See also: שׂכר

Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Root
שׂ־כ־ר (s-k-r)

Verb

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שָׂכַר (sakhár) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִשְׂכַּר)

  1. to hire, rent
Conjugation
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Noun

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שָׂכָר (sakhárm (no plural forms, singular construct שְׂכַר־) [pattern: קָטָל]

  1. wage, salary
    שכר המינימוםskhar-hamínimumthe minimum wage
  2. payment
  3. reward
  4. fee
    שכר דירהskhar-dirárent (literally apartment fee)
    שכר לימודskhar-limúdtuition (literally study fee)
Synonyms
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Descendants
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  • Yiddish: שׂכר (skhar)

Noun

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שֶׂכֶר (sékherm [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. charter plane, boat, bus, etc.

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Etymology 2

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Root
שׁ־כ־ר (sh-k-r)

From Proto-Semitic *šikar- (alcoholic drink). Compare Arabic سَكِرَ (sakira, to get drunk, to become intoxicated) and سَكَر (sakar, intoxicant, wine).

Verb

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שָׁכַר (shakhár) (pa'al construction)

  1. to be or become drunk

Noun

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שֵׁכָר (shekhárm

  1. liquor, intoxicating drink
    • 13th century, anonymous poet, quoted in Yehuda Alharizi, Sefer Tahkemoni:
      לו שר בנו־עמרם פני דודי מתאדמים העת שתות שכר,
      ויפי קצותיו והוד יופיו, לא חק בתורתו: ואת זכר.
      Had the son of Amram seen the face of my beloved reddened from the foolishness of liquor,
      and the beauty of his extremities and the majesty of his beauty, he would not have written in his Torah: "and with a man [do not lie]".
Descendants
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Verb

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שִׁכֵּר (shikér) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of שיכר

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