אֲגַר II (אָגַר) (√אג, akin to חכר; v. foreg.) prop. to tie, whence to hire, employ, rent. Targ. Gen. XXX, 16; a. fr.—Koh. R. to IV, 6; Lev. R. s. 3 beg. (prov.) גינא וכ׳ דא׳ he who rents one garden will eat birds; him who rents gardens, the birds will eat. Git. 73ᵃ אגור מלחי they hired boatsmen. Snh. 73ᵃ מֵיגַר אֲגִירֵי to hire help. Y. Taan. I, 64ᵇ bot. מיגר זנייתא hiring prostitutes. B. Mets. 79ᵃ; a. fr.
Af. - אוֹגַר 1) same. Targ. Y. Deut. XXIII, 5 (4).—B. Mets. 77ᵃ (interch. with Pe.) (אגירי) אוגיר אגורי engages laborers. —2) to rent out, lease. Erub. 63ᵇ אוֹגַר לן רשותך lease to us thy property. Y. Dem. VI, 25ᵇ top. Y. Taan. I, 64ᵇ bot. אוגרית חמרי I hired my ass out.
Ithpa. - אִיתַּגַּר,
Ithpe. - אִתְּגַר (contr. of איתאגר) to be hired, to work as a laborer. Targ. O. Deut. XXIII, 25; a. e.—Yoma 20ᵇ (prov.) אי תגרת וכ׳ (combine into one w.) when thou hast hired thyself out to one, comb his wool (shrink from no labor).