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title: רֵישׁ — poverty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֵישׁ (7389), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: poverty. BDB 1906: n.m. poverty. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵישׁ

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«רֵישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **poverty** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 7389 · **BDB:** רִישׁ

### Glosses

poverty (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

poverty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7389/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. poverty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7389/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. poverty, only Pr;—רִישׁ 28:19, sf. רִישׁוֹ 31:7; רֵישׁ 13:18, sf. רֵישֶׁ֑ךָ 24:34 (‖ מַחְסֹרֶיךָ), רֵישָׁם 10:15 (opp. עָשִׁיר); רֵאשׁ 30:8 (opp. עֹשֶׁר), sf. רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ 6:11 (= 24:34, ‖ id.).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 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 «רֵישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7389/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.15/)

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ה֣וֹן עָ֭שִׁיר קִרְיַ֣ת עֻזּ֑וֹ מְחִתַּ֖ת דַּלִּ֣ים רֵישָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].wealth of.a.rich.\[person\] \[is\].the.town his.strength his \[is.the\].ruin of.poor.\[people\] poverty their

*JPS 1917:* The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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[Proverbs 13:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.18/)

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רֵ֣ישׁ וְ֭קָלוֹן פּוֹרֵ֣עַ מוּסָ֑ר וְשׁוֹמֵ֖ר תּוֹכַ֣חַת יְכֻבָּֽד׃

*Word for word:* poverty and shame \[one.who\].ignores discipline and \[one.who\].keeps correction he.is.honored

*JPS 1917:* Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

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