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  #7936 שָׂכַר sakar {saw-kar'}
     or (by permutation) סָכַר cakar (Ezr 4:5) {saw-kar'}

 a primitive root [apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 through
    the idea of temporary purchase]; TWOT - 2264.1; v

—Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)


 1) to hire
    1a) (Qal) to hire
    1b) (Niphal) to hire oneself out
    1c) (Hithpael) to earn wages

—Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)

The second form by permutation and used in Ezra 4:5; a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 through the idea of temporary purchase; compare H7937); to hire:—earn wages, hire (out self), reward, X surely.

—Strong's (Hebrew & Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament)

#7936.
שָׂכַר
sakar (968d); a prim. root; to hire:—
NASB - earns(2), hire(3), hired(11), hires(2), surely hired(1).

—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries

 AV - hire 15, rewardeth 2, wages 2, surely 1, hire out 1; 21

hire
1 Chronicles 19:6. Isaiah 46:6.

hired
Genesis 30:16. Deuteronomy 23:4. Judges 9:4; 18:4. 2 Samuel 10:6. 2 Kings 7:6. 1 Chronicles 19:7. 2 Chronicles 24:12; 25:6. Ezra 4:5. Nehemiah 6:12, 13; 13:2.

out
1 Samuel 2:5.