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אֲגַר‏ n.m. hire, wages

hire, wages Com. GenApoc 7.5 : ואגרי אנה משלם לך‏ . TgJ Ez29:20 : אַגרֵיה דְאַפלַח בַה יְהַבִית לֵיה‏ I have given him the wages he worked for. GT U Exod1:19 : לחוד אֶגַ[ר] בֶטְלֻו֯נֶה יֶתֶן וַאגר אָסיָא דֶאַסא יָתֶה‏ he shall pay the cost of his idle time and the wages of the physician who heals him. PJ Gen31:7 : ואבוכן שקר בי ושלחיף ית אגרי עשר חולקין‏ your father was false with me and switched my wages ten times.

payment for action, reward JLAtg, PTA, Syr, JBA. TgJ Is21:12 : אִית אְגַר לְצַדִיקַיָא וְאִית פוֹרעָנֻו לְרַשִיעַיָא‏ there is a reward for the righteous and there is punishment for the wicked. act producing such a reward JLAtg, JBA. TgJ Jer25:14 : וַאֲשַלֵים לְהוֹן כְאַגרְהוֹן וֻכעוּבָדֵי יְדֵיהוֹן‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 34b; DJBA: 80b; Jastrow: 14; Levy Ch-W: 1:9; Tal Sam: 6; DNWSI: 11; DJA: 29a; Cook,Qumran: 2;

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