H7332 H7332
leanness, wasting; scantness, scarcity
This noun describes conditions of deficiency—bodily wasting, famine-induced leanness, or scanty measures. Isaiah uses it for physical emaciation ('leanness'), contrasting health with wasting. Psalm 106 recalls God sending 'leanness into their soul' when He granted Israel's craving for meat—physical satiation producing spiritual wasting. Micah condemns the 'scant ephah,' using the term for dishonest, undersized measures that cheat customers.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The word designates deficiency in three contexts. Isaiah 10:16 speaks metaphorically of God sending 'leanness' among Assyria's stout warriors—wasting that contrasts with their fatness or prosperity. Psalm 106:15 describes divine judgment: 'He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul'—a haunting image of spiritual emaciation despite material abundance. Micah 6:10 applies it to commercial fraud: 'the scant ephah,' a shorted measure that represents economic injustice. Whether bodily, spiritual, or commercial, the term indicates what should be full but is instead diminished. 3×
AR["النَّقْصِ", "هُزالًا", "هُزَالًا"]·ben["কম", "ক্ষয়রোগ", "ক্ষীণতা"]·DE["[רזון]", "leanness"]·EN["leanness", "scant"]·FR["[רזון]", "maigreur", "pauvreté"]·heb["רזון"]·HI["क्षीणता", "छोटा", "दुबलापन"]·ID["kekurusan", "yang-kurus"]·IT["[רזון]"]·jav["kirang", "kurus", "penyakit"]·KO["마른", "수캙을", "파리함-을"]·PT["escassa", "magreza"]·RU["истощение", "умалённая"]·ES["escasa", "flacura", "flaqueza"]·SW["kidogo", "kudhoofika", "udhaifu"]·TR["eksik-o", "zayıflama", "zayıflık"]·urd["دُبلاپن", "لاغری", "گھٹا-ہوا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. רָזוֹן n.[m.] leanness, wasting, scantness;—abs. ר׳: 1. leanness Is 10:16 (fig.; opp. מִשְׁמַנָּיו). 2. wasting, i.e. wasting disease, ψ 106:15 (cf. Bae). 3. אֵיפַת ר׳ Mi 6:10 ephah of scantness, scant measure.—ii. רָזוֹן v. רָזַן" dir="rtl" >רזן.