H2639 H2639
want, poverty, lack; state of deprivation or need
This noun denotes want or poverty. Job 30:3 describes the destitute fleeing to the wilderness 'in want and hunger,' while Proverbs 28:22 warns that the greedy person's stinginess will bring 'want upon him.' The term is always absolute (never in construct), suggesting it functions as an abstract substantive for the condition of lacking necessities.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Job 30:3 pairs this noun with 'hunger' (כָּפָן) to describe extreme deprivation, using the prepositional phrase 'in want' (בְּחֶסֶר). Proverbs 28:22 makes it the subject: 'want shall come to him.' Spanish 'por carencia/escasez' (by lack/scarcity) and German 'in Mangel/Mangel' (in want/want) capture both the state and the experience of poverty. 2×
AR["بِ-العَوَزِ", "نَقْصًا"]·ben["অভাব", "অভাবে"]·DE["Mangel", "in-Mangel"]·EN["in-want", "want"]·FR["dans-בחסר", "חסר"]·heb["ב-חסר", "חסר"]·HI["कमी", "कमी-में"]·ID["Dalam-kekurangan", "kekurangan"]·IT["in-in-want", "want"]·jav["Ing-kakurangan", "kakurangan"]·KO["결핌이", "궁핍-으로"]·PT["Em-carência", "carência"]·RU["в-скудости", "недостаток"]·ES["Por-carencia", "escasez"]·SW["kwa-uhaba", "upungufu"]·TR["Yoksullukla", "yoksulluk"]·urd["غربت", "میں-کمی سے"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֶ֫סֶר n.m. Pr 28:22 want, poverty—always abs.; ח׳ יְבֹאֶנּוּ Pr 28:22 want shall come to him; ‖ כָּפָן hunger Jb 30:3.