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title: רוּשׁ — be in want · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רוּשׁ (7326), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: be in want. BDB 1906: vb. be in want, poor. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רוּשׁ

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«רוּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be in want** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 7326 · **BDB:** רוּשׁ

### Glosses

\[one.who.is\].poor (8); poor (7); of.\[one.who.is\].poor (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be in want [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7326/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be in want, poor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7326/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be in want, poor (related to ירשׁ \[cf. 3, 3

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 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 «רוּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7326/), 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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[Psalms 82:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.82.3/)

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שִׁפְטוּ־דַ֥ל וְיָת֑וֹם עָנִ֖י וָרָ֣שׁ הַצְדִּֽיקוּ׃

*Word for word:* give.judgment.for \[the\].poor and.\[the\] fatherless \[the\].afflicted and.\[the\] poor vindicate

*JPS 1917:* Judge the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

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