Lexical Definition

‎חָסֵר‎ châçêr (khaw-sare') lacking ^H:A
from ‎חָסֵר‎

destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.

• lacking
• hence, without

1) in need of, lacking, needy, in want of

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָסֵר‎ adjective needy, lacking, in want of — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ absolute Eccl 6:2 construct ‎חֲסַר‎ 1Sam 21:16* + 13 t.; — needy, in want of ‎משׁגעים אני‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 1Sam 21:16* am I in want of madmen? 2Sam 3:29 in need of bread, so Prov 12:9 usually ‎חֲסַרלֵֿב‎ lacking understanding, sense Prov 6:32; Prov 7:7; Prov 9:4; Prov 9:16; Prov 10:13; Prov 11:12; Prov 12:11; Prov 15:21 ‎לֵֿב‎‎׳‎‎אָדָם ח‎ Prov 17:18; Prov 24:30 ‎תְּבוּנוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎נָּגִיד ח‎ Prov 28:16 ‎אֵינֶנּוּ חָסֵר‎ ‎׳‎‎לְנַפְשׁוֺ מִכֹּל וג‎ Eccl 6:2 neither is he lacking for his soul in aught of (‎מן‎ particle) all that he desireth.

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