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 →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָשַׁר: vb. be become rich tree →

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 · 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 · 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.

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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).

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