The meaning of “חָסֵר”
Understanding châçêr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want. - to lack - by implication, to fail, want,...
חָסֵר
be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want. - to lack - by implication, to fail, want, lessen 1) to lack, be without, decrease, be lacking, have a need 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lack 1a2) to be lacking 1a3) to diminish, decrease 1b) (Piel) to cause to lack 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be lacking
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 8:5 | “And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.” Word: חָסֵר (châçêr) | |
| Deuteronomy 8:9 | “A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.” Word: חָסֵר (châçêr) | |
| Nehemiah 9:21 | “Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.” Word: חָסֵר (châçêr) | |
| Proverbs 31:11 | “The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.” Word: חָסֵר (châçêr) | |
| Song of Solomon 7:2 | “Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.” Word: חָסֵר (châçêr) |
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