Word Study · Strong's H4909 · Hebrew
מַשְׂכֹּרֶת
maskoreth
mas-koh'-reth
Strong's 1890 spelling: maskôreth
“wages or a reward”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
wages or a reward
Rendered in the KJV as
reward, wages.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖י2
- מַשְׂכֻּרְתֵּ֜ךְ1
- מַּשְׂכֻּרְתֶּֽךָ׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- wage[s] my2
- [is] wage[s] your1
- wage[s] your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 29:15מַּשְׂכֻּרְתֶּֽךָ׃maskurtekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularLaban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”here: [is] wage[s] your
- Genesis 31:7מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖יmaskurtinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAnd although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.here: wage[s] my
- Genesis 31:41מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖יmaskurtinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!here: wage[s] my