BDB7832 [H7326 H3426 H7567]

[רוּשׁ or רִישׁ]24 verb be in want, poor (related to ירשׁ [compare Qal 3, Niph`al Hiph`il 3]? so Thes); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural כְּפִירִים רָשׁוּ וְרָעֵ֑בוּ Ps 34:11 young lions are in want and hunger; elsewhere Participle רָשׁ 1Sam 18:23 + 16 t., רָאשׁ 2Sam 12:1 + 2 t.; plural רָשִׁים Prov 22:7, רָאשִׁים Prov 13:23 — (often opposed to עָשִׁיר): as adjective 1Sam 18:23; 2Sam 12:1; 2Sam 12:4; Prov 28:3; Eccl 4:14 as substantive = poor man (men), 2Sam 12:3; Ps 82:3; Eccl 5:7, especially Prov 10:4; Prov 13:8; Prov 13:23 + 12 t. Proverbs. Hithpo`lel Participle מִתְרוֺשֵׁשׁ Prov 13:7 one impoverishing himself (opposed to מִתְעַשֵּׁר; compare Pô'l. רושׁשׁ Eccl 11:12; Eccl 13:5). — Jer 5:17; Mal 1:4 see רשׁשׁ. p. 439f


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