hireling

noun

«hireling» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

A paid worker, here one who watches an animal and is not responsible for it as an owner would be.

Interpretation. The law of the paid guardian is discussed in the Talmud, which sets different duties for the unpaid guardian, the paid guardian and the hirer.

Meaning

A person who works only for pay. tree →

Examples

If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire. (Torah EXO.22.15, JPS 1917) tree →
And are not his days like the days of a hireling? (Writings JOB.7.1, JPS 1917) tree →
Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. (Writings JOB.14.6, JPS 1917) tree →
As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages; (Writings JOB.7.2, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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