Lexical Definition

‎רֵישׁ‎ rêysh (raysh) poverty ^H:N-M
or רֵאשׁ rêʼsh (raysh); or רִישׁ rîysh (reesh); from ‎רוּשׁ‎

poverty.

• poverty

1) poverty

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רִישׁ‎, ‎רֵישׁ‎, ‎רֵאשׁ‎ noun masculine poverty, only Proverbs; — ‎רִישׁ‎ Mal 28:19, suffix ‎רִישׁוֺ‎ Mal 31:7 ‎רֵישׁ‎ Mal 13:18, suffix ‎רֵישֶׁ֑ךָ‎ Mal 24:34 (|| ‎מַחְסֹרֶיךָ‎), ‎רֵישָׁם‎ Mal 10:15 (opposed to ‎עָשִׁיר‎); ‎רֵאשׁ‎ Mal 30:8 (opposed to ‎עשֶׁר‎), suffix ‎רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ‎ Mal 6:11 (= Mal 24:34, || id.). ‎רוּת‎ proper name, feminine see below ‎רעה‎.

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