חֶסֶר

«חֶסֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: 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.

Used: 2 times · Key: 2639 · BDB: חֶ֫סֶר

Glosses

poverty (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

want tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. want, poverty tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 28:22 want, poverty—always abs.; ח׳ יְבֹאֶנּוּ Pr 28:22 want shall come to him; ‖ כָּפָן hunger Jb 30:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חֶסֶר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 30:3

בְּחֶ֥סֶר וּבְכָפָ֗ן גַּ֫לְמ֥וּד הַֽעֹרְקִ֥ים צִיָּ֑ה אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ שׁוֹאָ֥ה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃

Word for word: by poverty and by hunger barren [those who].gnaw a.dry.region yesterday devastation and desolation

JPS 1917: They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.

Proverbs 28:22

נִֽבֳהָ֥ל לַה֗וֹן אִ֭ישׁ רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְלֹֽא־יֵ֝דַע כִּי־חֶ֥סֶר יְבֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

Word for word: [is].hastening to wealth a.person evil of.eye and not he.knows (dm).that poverty it will.come.to.him

JPS 1917: He that hath an evil eye hasteneth after riches, and knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

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