To hold over pay (wages)
Delay in giving payment to a person who has worked. Delay in giving wages (helin means hearing given to the moon, delay).
("You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him; you shall not keep the wages of a hired worker with you until morning" - and he read 19:13)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֲלָנַת שָׂכָר (הֵלִין שָׂכָר)
Definition (Hebrew)
עִכּוּב בְּמַתַּן תַּשְׁלוּם לְאָדָם שֶׁעָבַד. דְּחִיַּת מַתַּן שְׂכַר עֲבוֹדָה (הֵלִין מַשְׁמָע נָתַן לָלוּן, הִשְׁהָה).
("לֹא תַעֲשֹׁק אֶת רֵעֲךָ וְלֹא תִגְזֹל לֹא תָלִין פְּעֻלַּת שָׂכִיר אִתְּךָ עַד בֹּקֶר"- וַיִּקְרָא יט יג)