se.kher denotes earned compensation, portrayed as deceptive wages in one proverb and as the work of those who make hire in Isaiah.

The attested use concerns compensation connected with work or earnings: Proverbs 11:18 contrasts deceptive wages with a sure reward, while Isaiah 19:10 speaks of those who make hire amid grief.

1. Compensation or earnings from work · dominant

   In Proverbs 11:18, the singular construct form occurs in the clause contrasting the wicked person's deceptive wages with the sure reward received by one who sows righteousness; the APB renders the clause “The wicked earns deceptive wages.” In Isaiah 19:10, the singular absolute form occurs of “all who make hire” as the foundations are crushed; the APB renders them as those who “will be grieved in soul.”

   Proverbs 11:18Isaiah 19:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “wages” in Proverbs 11:18 and “hire” in Isaiah 19:10. These renderings indicate the clauses' presentation rather than separate lexical senses.