# \*śVkVr- 'hire'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: to hire; wage, reward; hireling
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%C5%9B/K0481_hire.md

## In Linear A

- [A-SI-KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SI-KI-RA/index.md>) (ha-Śikira): personal name, 'the Hired' (article ha- + SI-KI-RA); rival haśkira 'he rewarded'
- [SI-KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-KI-RA/index.md>) (Śikira): personal name, 'Hired' (√ś-k-r 'to hire'); rival šēkār 'strong drink'

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Aramaic: SKR 'reward' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root śkr]
- Hebrew: śakar 'hire' (BDB 968) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root śkr]
- Ugaritic: škr (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 58) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root śkr]
- Punic: škr 'hire' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root škr]
- Phoenician: škr (HALOT 1330)
- Amorite: śkr (Huffmon APNM 245); śukru, yiśkur (Buck 2019, 332); S-k-r: aš-ku-ra-an, ia-aš/áš-ku-rum, aš/áš-ku-ur-ᵈIM (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 274) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: škr (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 58) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: śakara (LGz. 529)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.