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Nehemiah 13:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 Because כי

H3808 not לא

H6923 they met קדמו

H853 את

H1121 the children בני

H3478 of Israel ישׂראל

H3899 with bread בלחם

H4325 and with water ובמים

H7936 but hired וישׂכר

H5921 against עליו

H853 את

H1109 Balaam בלעם

H7043 them that he should curse לקללו

H2015 turned ויהפך

H430 them howbeit our God אלהינו

H7045 הקללה

H1293 into a blessing לברכה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 Because

they

H6923 met

H3808 not

the

H1121 children

H3478 Israel

with

H3899 bread

and

with

H4325 water

but

H7936 hired

H1109 Balaam

H5921 against

them

that

should

H7043 curse

them

howbeit

our

H430 God

H2015 turned

the

H7043 curse

into

H1293 blessing

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7936

Hebrew: שָׂכַר

Transliteration: sâkar

Pronunciation: saw-kar'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: earn {wages} hire (out {self}) {reward} X-(idiom) surely.

Definition:

a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 through the idea of temporary purchase; compare H7937); to hire

1. to hire

a. (Qal) to hire

b. (Niphal) to hire oneself out

c. (Hithpael) to earn wages

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906