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# עָשִׁיר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6223

**rich** — used 23 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

rich [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6223/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָשִׁיר: adj. rich adj.m. n.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6223/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. et n. rich;—abs. ע׳ Ex 30:15 + 19 times; pl. abs. עֲשִׁירִים Ec 10:6; cstr. עֲשִׁירֵי ψ 45:13; sf. עֲשִׁירֶיהָ Mi 6:12;—adj.m. 2 S 12:1, 4 (opp. רָאשׁ), Ru 3:10 (opp. דַּל); usually n.m. the rich, opp. דִּל Pr 10:15 + 3 times; opp. רָשׁ 2 S 12:2; Pr 14:20 + 4 times; opp. אֶבְיוֹן ψ 49:3; alone Je 9:22 Mi 6:12 + 5 times, + עֲשִׁירֵי עָם ψ 45:13; ע׳ Is 53:9 is prob. crpt., cf. ‖ רְשָׁעִים; Bö Ry Di-Kit עֹשֵׂי רַע; Krochm Gr CheHpt conj. רְשָׁעִים for ע׳, and פֹּשְׁעִים for ר׳.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a rich \[person\] (6); rich (4); \[person\] (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 18:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.23/#tree)

תַּחֲנוּנִ֥ים יְדַבֶּר־רָ֑שׁ וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר יַעֲנֶ֥ה עַזּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* supplications he.speaks \[one.who.is\].poor and a.rich.\[person\] he.answers strong.\[words\]

*JPS 1917:* The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth impudently.

[2 Samuel 12:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.12.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.12.2/#tree)

לְעָשִׁ֗יר הָיָ֛ה צֹ֥אן וּבָקָ֖ר הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* to.\[the\] rich.\[man\] it.belonged flock\[s\] and herd\[s\] many very

*JPS 1917:* The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds;

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6223/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).