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title: חֹסֶן — wealth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹסֶן (2633), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: wealth. BDB 1906: n.m. wealth, treasure. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹסֶן

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«חֹסֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wealth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 2633 · **BDB:** חֹ֫סֶן

### Glosses

wealth (4); the.wealth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wealth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2633/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wealth, treasure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2633/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 15:6 wealth, treasure (on relation to √ meaning cf. חַיִל)—ח׳ abs. Pr 15:6 + 2 times; cstr. Is 33:6; Je 20:5;—wealth, treasure, of individuals Pr 15:6 (ח׳ רַב, opp. נֶעְכָּ֑רֶת), Pr 27:24 (‖ נֵזֶר), Ez 22:25 (‖ יְקָר); of city ח׳ הָעִיר הַזֹּאת Je 20:5 (‖ יְגִיעַ, יְקָר, אוֹצָרוֹת); in transf. sense ח׳ יְשׁוּעֹת, wealth (or abundance VB) of salvations, ח׳ יְשׁ׳ חָכְמַת וָדָ֑עַת יִרְאַת י׳ הִיא אוֹצָרוֹ Is 33:6 and stability of thy times shall be abundance of salvations (helps, deliverances), etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹסֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2633/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.6/)

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בֵּ֣ית צַ֭דִּיק חֹ֣סֶן רָ֑ב וּבִתְבוּאַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע נֶעְכָּֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* \[is.the\].house of.a.righteous.\[person\] wealth great and with.\[the\] income of.a.wicked.\[person\] \[is\].trouble

*JPS 1917:* In the house of the righteous is much treasure; but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

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[Proverbs 27:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.24/)

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כִּ֤י לֹ֣א לְעוֹלָ֣ם חֹ֑סֶן וְאִם־נֵ֝֗זֶר לְד֣וֹר וָדֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* (dm) not \[is\] forever wealth and if a.crown \[is\].to a.generation and a.generation

*JPS 1917:* For riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure unto all generations?

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