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title: מַחְסוֹר — need · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחְסוֹר (4270), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: need. BDB 1906: need, thing needed, poverty. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחְסוֹר

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«מַחְסוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **need** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 4270 · **BDB:** מַחְסוֹר

### Glosses

lack (10); his.lack (1); lack(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

need [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4270/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

need, thing needed, poverty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4270/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] need, thing needed, poverty;—מ׳ abs. Pr 11:24 + 6 times; cstr. Ju 18:10; 19:19; sf. מַחְסוֹרְךָ Ju 19:20; מַחְסֹרְךָ Pr 6:11; מַחְסֹרוֹ Dt 15:8; pl. sf. מַחְסֹרֶיךָ Pr 24:34;— need = thing needed דֵּי מַחְסֹרוֹ Dt 15:8 enough for his need (sq. אשׁר יֶחְסַר לוֹ, cf. חָסֵר vb.); כָּל־מ׳ עָלָ֑י Ju 19:20 all thy need be upon me (for me to provide). lack, want אֵין מ׳ כָּל־דָּבָר Ju 18:10 no lack of anything, 19:19 ψ 34:10. in gen., need, poverty Pr 6:11 (‖ רֵאשׁ) = 24:34 (‖ רֵישׁ), 11:24; 14:23; 21:5; 22:16; 28:27; אִישׁ מ׳ 21:17 a man of poverty.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחְסוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4270/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 21:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.17/)

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אִ֣ישׁ מַ֭חְסוֹר אֹהֵ֣ב שִׂמְחָ֑ה אֹהֵ֥ב יַֽיִן־וָ֝שֶׁ֗מֶן לֹ֣א יַעֲשִֽׁיר׃

*Word for word:* \[will.be\].a.person of.lack \[one.who\].loves pleasure \[one.who\].loves wine and oil not he.will.gain.riches

*JPS 1917:* He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

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[Psalms 34:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.34.10/)

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יְר֣אוּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה קְדֹשָׁ֑יו כִּי־אֵ֥ין מַ֝חְס֗וֹר לִירֵאָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* fear (et) Yahweh O his.holy.\[ones\] (dm) there.\[is\].not lack for.\[those\] fearing him

*JPS 1917:* O fear the LORD, ye His holy ones; for there is no want to them that fear Him.

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