Lexical Definition

‎רוּשׁ‎ rûwsh (roosh) be poor ^H:V
a primitive root

lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).

• to be destitute

1) to be poor, be in want, lack
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be poor
1a2) to be in want or hunger
1a3) poor man (subst)
1b)(Hithpolel) one impoverishing himself (participle)

See Greek: πτωχεύω · πτωχός · ταπεινός · ταπεινόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: רֵישׁ

‎רָאשׁ‎ poor, ‎רֵאשׁ‎ poverty, see ‎רושׁ‎.

Also see: יֵשׁ | רָשַׁשׁ

[‎רוּשׁ‎ or ‎רִישׁ‎]₂₄ verb be in want, poor (related to ‎ירשׁ‎ [compare Qal 3, Niph`al Hiph`il 3]? so Thes); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎כְּפִירִים רָשׁוּ וְרָעֵ֑בוּ‎ Ps 34:11* young lions are in want and hunger; elsewhere Participle ‎רָשׁ‎ 1Sam 18:23 + 16 t., ‎רָאשׁ‎ 2Sam 12:1 + 2 t.; plural ‎רָשִׁים‎ Prov 22:7, ‎רָאשִׁים‎ Prov 13:23 — (often opposed to ‎עָשִׁיר‎): as adjective 1Sam 18:23; 2Sam 12:1; 2Sam 12:4; Prov 28:3; Eccl 4:14 as substantive = poor man (men), 2Sam 12:3; Ps 82:3; Eccl 5:7*, especially Prov 10:4; Prov 13:8; Prov 13:23 + 12 t. Proverbs. Hithpo`lel Participle ‎מִתְרוֺשֵׁשׁ‎ Prov 13:7 one impoverishing himself (opposed to ‎מִתְעַשֵּׁר‎; compare Pô'l. ‎רושׁשׁ‎ Eccl 11:12; Eccl 13:5). — Jer 5:17; Mal 1:4 see ‎רשׁשׁ‎. p. 439f

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