שָׂכַר sâkar (H7936)

to hire

1) to hire 1a) (Qal) to hire 1b) (Niphal) to hire oneself out 1c) (Hithpael) to earn wages

or (by permutation) סָכַר; (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to כָּרָה (H3739) through the idea of temporary purchase; compare שָׁכַר (H7937));