H7917 H7917
hired, leased; hireling, hired laborer
An adjective and substantive denoting what is hired or a person who works for wages. The term appears throughout legal and prophetic texts describing hired laborers, hired razors (metaphorically), and temporary workers. As an adjective, it modifies beasts (Exodus 22:14) or razors (Isaiah 7:20). As a noun, it designates day laborers or hired soldiers (mercenaries). Legal texts in Leviticus and Deuteronomy protect hired workers' rights, while prophets use hireling imagery to describe strict time-reckoning—years counted as precisely as a wage-worker counts his contracted days. The feminine form appearing in Isaiah 7:20 describes a 'hired razor,' a vivid metaphor for Assyria as God's temporary instrument of judgment.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — In Isaiah 7:20, the feminine adjective modifies 'razor': 'the hired razor' (הַשְּׂכִירָה). This striking metaphor depicts Assyria as a tool YHWH rents from beyond the Euphrates to shave Judah—removing hair (representing glory and dignity). Spanish translates 'alquilada' (hired/rented), French and German bracket the Hebrew, recognizing the unusual feminine form. The 'hired' aspect emphasizes Assyria's temporary role—not a permanent possession but a leased instrument that will be dismissed after use. This theological imagery makes empire a mere tool in divine hands, hired and fired at God's discretion. 1×
AR["المُستَأجَرَةِ"]·ben["-ভাড়া-করা"]·DE["[השכירה]"]·EN["the-hired"]·FR["[השכירה]"]·heb["ה-שכירה"]·HI["भाड़े-की"]·ID["yang-disewa"]·IT["[השכירה]"]·jav["ingkang-dipunsewa"]·KO["세낸"]·PT["a-alugada"]·RU["наёмной"]·ES["alquilada"]·SW["ulioajiriwa"]·TR["kiralanın"]·urd["کرائے-کے"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† שָׂכִיר adj. hired;—abs. שׂ׳ Ex 12:45 +, f. שְׂכִירָה Is 7:20; cstr. שְׂכִיר Lv 25:53; sf. שְׂכִירְךָ v 6; pl. sf. שְׂכִרֶיהָ Je 46:21;— 1. hired, of beast Ex 22:14 (E), razor Is 7:20 (fig.). 2. usually as subst. hireling, hired labourer Dt 15:18; 24:14; Lv 19:13; 22:10; 25:6, 40, 53 (all H), Ex 12:45; Lv 25:50 (both P), Mal 3:5; Jb 7:1, 2; 14:6; כִּשְׁנֵי שׂ׳ Is 16:14 years like a hireling’s years (reckoned strictly), so 21:16; mercenaries Je 46:21.