חָסֵר

vb. lack, need, be lacking, decrease (v. Lag BN 143; NH חִסֵּר cause to lack or fail, diminish (act.), and deriv.; Aramaic חֲסַר, ܚܣܰܪ, want, lack, and deriv., cf. Ph. מחסר, v. מחסור infr.; Arabic حَسَرَ remove, strip off; disappear, retire (of water), fail (of sight), etc.; perhaps also Ethiopic ኀስረ: be inferior, worthless, diminished Di 590 and deriv.)— Pf. 3 ms. ח׳ 1 K 17:16; 2 ms. חָסַרְתָּ Dt 2:7; 3 pl. חָסֵ֑רוּ Ne 9:21; 1 pl. חָסַרְנוּ Je 44:18; Impf. יֶחְסַר Dt 15:8 + 2 times; יֶחְסָ֑ר Pr 31:11 Ec 9:8; 3 fs. תֶּחְסָ֑ר 1 K 17:14; Pr 13:25; 2 ms. תֶּחְסַר Dt 8:9; 1 s. אֶחְסָ֑ר ψ 23:1; pl. יַחְסְרוּ ψ 34:11; Ez 4:17; וַיַּחְסְרוּ Gn 8:3; יַחְסְרוּן Gn 18:28; Inf. cstr. חֲסַר Pr 10:21 Ew § 238 a, cf. Ges §45. 1 a; abs. חָסוֹר Gn 8:5; Pt. חָסֵר 1 K 11:22; Ec 10:3 (v. חָסֵר infr.);— lack: c. acc. Gn 18:28 (J) perchance the fifty righteous lack five, Dt 2:7 thou hast not lacked anything, 8:9; Je 44:18; 1 K 11:22; Ez 4:17 ψ 34:11; Pr 31:11, cf. also בַּחֲסַר־לֵב Pr 10:21 by lacking intelligence (sense), (Di puts here Dt 15:8 v. infr.) abs. be in want, want ψ 23:1; Pr 13:25; Ne 9:21. be lacking, מַחְסֹרוֹ אֲשֶׁר יֶח׳ לוֹ Dt 15:8 his lack (i.e. thing needed), which is lacking to him (possible also is, which he lacks for himself, so Di, v. supr.); שֶׁמֶן עַל־רֹאְשְׁךָ אַל־יֶח׳ Ec 9:8 oil on thy head let it not be lacking; v. also abs. Is 51:14; Ct 7:3, and לִבּוֹ חָסֵר Ec 10:3 his sense is lacking; of jar of oil 1 K 17:14, 16 (abs.) by meton. for the oil itself (cf. ‖ כלה be consumed, exhausted). diminish, decrease, of waters Gn 8:3 (P), cf. הָלוֹךְ וְחָסוֹר v 5 (P), waters continually diminished (v. הלך supr. p. 233b). cause to lack, c. acc. pers., Impf. 2 ms. sf. וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מעט מֵאֱלהים ψ 8:6 and thou didst make him lack little of God; Pt. וּמְחַסֵּר את־נפשׁי מִטּוֹבָה Ec 4:8 for whom am I labouring and depriving myself of good things? Pf. הֶחֱסִיר Ex 16:18; Impf. יַחְסִיר Is 32:6;—cause to be lacking, fail, c. acc. rei מַשְׁקֵה צָמֵא יַח׳ Is 32:6; the drink of the thirsty he causeth to fail (‖ לְהָרִיק נפשׁ רָעֵב); abs. Ex 16:18 (P), he that gathered little caused no lack.