sa.khar denotes compensation due for service, and can extend to a promised return or payment for passage.

The term most often names compensation agreed, owed, or received for labor and service. It also describes a return promised for work or granted in a broader setting, and in one passage refers to the payment made for a ship’s passage.

1. Compensation stipulated or owed for service · dominant

   Construct forms occur in arrangements for payment: in Deuteronomy 24:15 the APB renders the clause as giving a poor worker his payment before sunset, while Exodus 2:9 promises payment for nursing the child. In Genesis 30:28 the amount is to be named, Genesis 31:8 identifies marked animals as the agreed payment, and Zechariah 11:12 records payment weighed out as thirty pieces of silver.

   Deuteronomy 24:15Exodus 2:9Genesis 30:28Genesis 31:8Ezekiel 29:18Zechariah 11:12
2. Return or recompense connected with work · common

   In 2 Chronicles 15:7 the absolute form stands in the assurance that there is a return for work, and Ecclesiastes 4:9 speaks of a good return for labor. Genesis 15:1 places a very great return in the promise to Abram, while Jeremiah 31:16 joins a return for work with the children’s return from the enemy’s land.

   2 Chronicles 15:7Ecclesiastes 4:9Genesis 15:1Jeremiah 31:16Isaiah 40:10Psalm 127:3
3. Payment for a journey · rare

   In Jonah 1:3 the construct form occurs when Jonah finds a ship for Tarshish; the APB renders the clause that he paid its fare before boarding.

   Jonah 1:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB uses “wages,” “wage,” “reward,” “return,” and “fare,” according to each clause’s setting. These renderings show the verse-level presentation, not a word-for-word alignment.