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title: עָשִׁיר — rich · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָשִׁיר (6223), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: rich. BDB 1906: adj. rich adj.m. n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָשִׁיר

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«עָשִׁיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rich** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 6223 · **BDB:** עָשִׁיר

### Glosses

a.rich.\[person\] (6); rich (4); \[person\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rich [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6223/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. rich adj.m. n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6223/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. et n. rich;—abs. ע׳ Ex 30:15 + 19 times; pl. abs. עֲשִׁירִים Ec 10:6; cstr. עֲשִׁירֵי ψ 45:13; sf. עֲשִׁירֶיהָ Mi 6:12;—adj.m. 2 S 12:1, 4 (opp. רָאשׁ), Ru 3:10 (opp. דַּל); usually n.m. the rich, opp. דִּל Pr 10:15 + 3 times; opp. רָשׁ 2 S 12:2; Pr 14:20 + 4 times; opp. אֶבְיוֹן ψ 49:3; alone Je 9:22 Mi 6:12 + 5 times, + עֲשִׁירֵי עָם ψ 45:13; ע׳ Is 53:9 is prob. crpt., cf. ‖ רְשָׁעִים; Bö Ry Di-Kit עֹשֵׂי רַע; Krochm Gr CheHpt conj. רְשָׁעִים for ע׳, and פֹּשְׁעִים for ר׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָשִׁיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6223/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 18:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.23/)

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תַּחֲנוּנִ֥ים יְדַבֶּר־רָ֑שׁ וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר יַעֲנֶ֥ה עַזּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* supplications he.speaks \[one.who.is\].poor and a.rich.\[person\] he.answers strong.\[words\]

*JPS 1917:* The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth impudently.

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[2 Samuel 12:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.12.2/)

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לְעָשִׁ֗יר הָיָ֛ה צֹ֥אן וּבָקָ֖ר הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* to.\[the\] rich.\[man\] it.belonged flock\[s\] and herd\[s\] many very

*JPS 1917:* The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds;

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