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# עָשַׁר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6238

**be rich** — used 17 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

be rich [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6238/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָשַׁר: vb. be become rich [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6238/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be or become rich (NH in der. spec., and deriv.; Aramaic עֲתַר, ܥܬܰܪ; cf. Arabic غَثَرَ abound with herbage, غَثْرَةٌ abundance, of herbage, goods, etc.);— Pf. 1 s. עָשַׁרְתִּי Ho 12:9 I have become rich; Impf. 3 ms. יֶעְשַׁר Jb 15:29 he shall not be rich.—1 K 22:49 read עָשָׂה. make rich, c. acc. pers.: Pf. 1 s. הֶעֱשַׁרְתִּי Gn 14:23; 2 fs. הֶעֱשַׁרְתְּ Ez 27:33 (of personif. Tyre; + בְּרֹב הוֹנַיִךְ); Impf. 3 ms. sf. יַעְשְׁרֶנּוּ (Ges § 61 g), + עֹשֶׁר 1 S 17:25; 2 ms. sf. רַבַּת תַּעְשְׁרֶנָּהּ ψ 65:10 thou dost greatly enrich it (the land); obj. om. 3 fs. תַּעֲשִׁיר Pr 10:22, so Pt. מַעֲשִׁיר 1 S 2:7 י׳ maketh rich (opp. מוֹרִישׁ). gain riches, abs.: Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲשִׁר ψ 49:17, יַעֲשִׁיר Pr 21:17; Dn 11:2 (+ acc. cogn. עֹשֶׁר); 3 fs. תַּעֲשִׁיר Pr 10:4; 1 s. וָאַעֲשִׁר Zc 11:5 (Gi Kt; van d. H. Baer וַאעְשִׁר); 3 mpl. וַיַּעֲשִׁירוּ Je 5:27; Inf. cstr. לְהַעֲשִׁיר Pr 23:4; 28:20. Pt. מִתְעַשֵּׁר Pr 13:7 one enriching himself.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 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: gain riches (2); I have become rich (1); I made rich (1).

## In the verses

[1 Samuel 2:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.7/#tree)

יְהוָ֖ה מוֹרִ֣ישׁ וּמַעֲשִׁ֑יר מַשְׁפִּ֖יל אַף־מְרוֹמֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh \[is\].making.poor and \[he.is\].making.rich \[he.is\].bringing.low also \[he.is\].exalting

*JPS 1917:* The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich; He bringeth low, He also lifteth up.

[Proverbs 10:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.4/#tree)

רָ֗אשׁ עֹשֶׂ֥ה כַף־רְמִיָּ֑ה וְיַ֖ד חָרוּצִ֣ים תַּעֲשִֽׁיר׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].poor \[one.who\].works a.palm of.slackness and.\[the\] hand of.diligent.\[people\] it.gains.riches

*JPS 1917:* He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6238.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6238/): 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).