וכ׳ tthe sokher pays tthe rent in cash, the hakkir (or hokher)
in kind; a. fr. - Part. pass. שכור; f. שכורה. B. Mets. VIII, 2
if the hirer says, מתה ש׳ it is the hired cow that died;
מתה ש׳ שהיתה ביום she died on the day when I used
her for hire; וכ׳ ש׳... . בשעה she died at that time of the
day when I used her for hire; a. fr.
Hif. השכיר 1) to lease, let. B. Bath. 110a ישכיו לעולם
וכ׳ עצמו את אדם a man should hire himself out for &c.,
v. עבודה. B. Mets. VIII, 7 וכ׳ המשכיר. . . המשכיר if one lets
a house ..., the landlord has tto furnish &c. Ib. 8 לו ה׳
למשכיר. . . לחדשים if he et the house by tthe month, . .. thc
landlord has the benefit of the intercalated month, v.
עבר. Pes. 4a לבדוק המ׳ על the landlord is obliged to search
the house for leavened matter; a. fr. -- 2) (denom. of שכר)
to cause to profit, to benefit. Tanh. ed. Bub., Vayesheb 13
אותו משכיר. .. צריך (not משביר) a man must pray for the
welfare of him that benefits him.
Nif, נשכר (denom. of שכר) to be rewarded, benefited;
to have the advantage. Yeb. 92b נשכר חוטא מצינו כן אם
if this be the law, then he that sinned would be at an ad-
vantage; Keth. 11a, a. e. נ׳ חוטא יהא שלא it is done in
order that the sinner should not be at an advantage.
Pes. 50a; Tosef. Yeb. IV, 8, v. זריז; a. fr.
Hithpa. השתפר, Nithpa. נשתכר to profit; to deal in.
Tanh.l. c. וכ׳ מצאנו משתכר. . . לפי because Jacob was bene-
fited by his flock &c. Pesik. R. s. 40 ונשתכרתי, v. נצה.
Pes. l. c. וכ׳ בקנים המשתכר he that deals in reeds and
vessels. Ib. 54b משתכר במה יודע אדם ואין and no man
knows which of his enterprises will turn out profitable;
Mekh. B'shall., Vayass a, s. 5. B. Bath. 91a משתכרין אין
וכי באיי in Palestine you must not be a dealer in provisions,
as wine &c. (serve as middleman between producer and
consumer); Tosef. Ab. Zar. IV (V), 1; a. fr.
שכר, eh. שכר to fll up, dam, v. סכר, סכר. -Snh. 95a, v. בגאי, a. ששכור.
שכר m. (b. h.; שכר) wages, profit, reward. Shebu. VIII, 1, a. e. ש׳ נושא he that receives wages (for watching), v. שומר. Succ. 29b שכיר שכר, v. עשק. B. Mets. 112a כל וכ׳ ש׳ הכובש he that delays the payment of the hired man's wages, is considered as if taking his life. Ab. V, 11 וכ׳ ששכרו יצא, v. הפסד. B. Kam. 116a, a. e. שכרו אלא לו אין he can claim only the ordinary laborer's pay, v. שלם II; a. fr. -- Esp. divine reward. Erub. 22a (ref. to Deut. VII, 11) שכרם לקבל למחר.. . לעשותם היום to do them to-day, and not to do them to-morrow (do not procrastinate); to do them to-day', and to receive the reward for them to-- morrow (expect not immediate reward). Ib. 65a נברא לא לרשעים ש׳ לשלם . . . יין wine has been created for the purpose of comforting(cheering up) mourners and paying reward to the wicked (for what good they may do, in this world); Num. R. s. 10 . Ab. II, 16 פעולתך שכר . . נאמן thy cmployer may be trusted that he will pay thee the wages due for thy work. Ib. וכ׳ שכרם שמתן ודע but keep in mind that the reward of the righteous is resdrved for the hereafter; a. fr. -- בשכר as a reoard for, on account of (cmp. זכות). Sot. 11b וכ׳ צדקניות נשים בש׳ for the sake of the righteous women of that generation were the Israelites redeemed; Ex. R. s. 1. Hull. 88b וכ׳ שאמר בש׳ as a reward for what Abraham our father said (Gen. XVIII, 27) &c. Ex. R. s. 45 לשלש זכה שלש בש׳ on account of three things he (Moses) was granted three things; בש׳ וכ׳ רrויס on account of he hid his face (Ex. III, 6) &c.; a. fr. - [Yalk. Is. 371 שכרן, read; שברן, v. סבר]
שכר (b. h.) to fill, saturate; to drink freely. - Part. pass. שכור f. שכורה. Taan. 22b וכ׳ צמאה ולא ש׳ לא that the soil be neither soaked nor thirsty, but between the ttwo extremes. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXXV (ref. to Is. LI, 21) וכ׳ הצרות מן שש את וממה and wherefrom art thou druok? From the troubles, but not from too much wine; a. e. Pi. כר to make drunk, ntoxicate. Erub. 64b . . . דרך משערתו walking (after drinking) makes him unsteady, and sleep makes him drunl; Taan. 17b. Erub. l. c. . .. רביעית משכר one fourth of a Log of Italian wine intoxicates. Cant. R. to I, 4 וכ׳ ושכרתו . . . ועשו they made a great feast, and she made him drink more than enough; Yalk. Gen. I bb; a e. Hithpa. השתכר, Nithpa. נשתכר to be, become in- toxicated. Keth. 8b וכ׳ ומשתכרין . . התחילו when they began to drink (at the mourners meals) and get in- toxicated &c. Snh. 42a ישתכרו אל, v. ר. Esth. R. to III, 9 וכ׳ ונשתכרו ושתו אכלו they ate and drank, and became drunk, and acted disgracefully. Num. R. s. 10 ס דברים מהם ישתכר שלא things from which one cannot become in- toxicated; a. fr.
שכר ch. same. Pa. שער to make drunk. Lev. R. s. 12 ושכרוניה אשקוניה וכ׳ they gave him drink, and made him drunk, and carried him out &c. tthpa. אשתעער to drink freely. Ber. 9a בהלולא אשתכור וכ׳ they drank freely at the wedding of &c. (and slept beyond the time of prayer).
שכר m. (b. h.; preced.) intoxicating drink. Num. R. s. 10a (ref. to Num. VI, 3) וכ׳ וש׳ ש׳ הוא יין והלא are not yayin and shekhar the same?; מזוג זה וש׳ חי זה יין yayin is unmixed wine, and shekhar is mixed wine; a. e. --Esp. beer of dates or barley. Pes. III, 1 המדי ש׳ Median beer, expl. ib. 42b שערי מי ביה דרמו date beer into which they put a concoction of barley. Ib. 107a על מקדשין אין הש׳ you must not pronounce the Kiddush (קידוש) over beer; a. fr.
שכרא, שי׳ ch. same. Targ. Prov. XX, 1. Ib. XXXI, 4; 6; a. fr. -- Pes. 107a ש׳ . . חמרא לן הוה לא we had no wine, and we offered him beer (for Habdalah). Ib. אישתי ש׳ אישתי ולא . I would rather drink fax- water than drink beer; a. fr.
שכרא, שי׳ m. =h. שכור. Tanb. Shmini 11 וקורין ש׳ חזו בתרוי and they cried after him, see that drunken manl
שכרות, שי׳ f. (preced. wds.) 1) fulness, plenty. Succ. 49b (ref. to Num. XXVVIII, 7) שביעה לשון שתייה לשון
