- חכר
- חָכַר(cmp. חָכַךְ) to contract, farm, esp. to give or to take in rent on a fixed annual rental payable in kind, contrad. to אָרַס, שָׂכַר or קִבֵּל. q. v.B. Mets. XI, 2 חֲכוֹר ליוכ׳ give me in rent Tosef.Dem.VI, 2 החוֹכֵר שדה if one takes in rent a field. Ib. מה בין שוכר לחוכר what is the difference between the sokher and the ḥokher?; a. fr.V. חָכִיר. Hif. הֶחְכִּיר to give in rent. Part. מַחְכִּיר landlord. B. Mets. 104a; a. e.Part. pass. מוּחְכָּר, f. מוּחְכֶּרֶת. B. Bath. 123b, sq. פרה מ׳ a cow rented out for half-profit (Rashi).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.