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*ŝkr - to reward, to hire
(Kogan 2015: 200)
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Ugaritic
škr
- to hire out
(DUL 816)
Hebrew
ŝkr
- to hire
(HALOT 1330)
Arabic
škr
- to recompense, to reward one’s work
(Lane 1584)
Sabaic
s₂kr
- als Strafe auferlegt werden (to be imposed as punishment, fine)
(Stein 2010:731)
Sabaic
ˀs₂kr
- Bußzahlung, Strafe (fine, penalty)
(Stein 2010:731)
Geez
ŝəkur
- hired
(CDG 529)
Kogan 2015: 200: hapax legomenon in Is 7:20 (malāŝe ŝəkərt), more or less exactly corresponds to taˁar ha-ŝŝəkīrā ‘hired razor’ in the Hebrew original - Hebrew influence on the translator?
Mehri
ŝəkūr
- to give much milk after shortage
(ML 378)
Borrowed from Arabic.
Jibbali
ŝékər
- to have much milk
(JL 251)
Borrowed from Arabic.