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title: עֹשֶׁר — riches · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֹשֶׁר (6239), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 37 times: riches. BDB 1906: n.m. riches. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֹשֶׁר

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«עֹשֶׁר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **riches** — 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:** 37 times · **Key:** 6239 · **BDB:** עֹ֫שֶׁר

### Glosses

wealth (28); rich\[es\] (3); \[is\].wealth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

riches [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6239/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. riches [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6239/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 18:17, 25 riches;—ע׳ abs. Gn 31:16 + 27 times, cstr. Est 1:4; sf. עָשְׁרוֹ Je 9:22 + 5 times, עָשְׁרָם ψ 49:7 Pr 14:24; + (or ‖) כָּבוֹד 1 K 3:13 Pr 3:16 + 9 times; עָשָׂה ע׳ Je 17:11, cf. Eng. ‘make money.’

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֹשֶׁר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6239/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 14:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.24/)

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עֲטֶ֣רֶת חֲכָמִ֣ים עָשְׁרָ֑ם אִוֶּ֖לֶת כְּסִילִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].crown of.wise.\[people\] wealth \[is\].their \[the\].folly of.fools \[is\].folly

*JPS 1917:* The crown of the wise is their riches; but the folly of fools remaineth folly.

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[Proverbs 11:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.16/)

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אֵֽשֶׁת־חֵ֭ן תִּתְמֹ֣ךְ כָּב֑וֹד וְ֝עָרִיצִ֗ים יִתְמְכוּ־עֹֽשֶׁר׃

*Word for word:* a.woman of.grace she.lays.hold.of honor and ruthless.\[people\] they.take.hold.of wealth

*JPS 1917:* A gracious woman obtaineth honour; and strong men obtain riches.

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