resh · poverty

What it means

resh (רֵישׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “poverty”.

Lack of what is needed.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Lack of what one needs.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

• Proverbs 6:11

  and your poverty will come like a prowler, and your need like a man with a shield.

• Proverbs 10:15

  The wealth of the rich man is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

• Proverbs 13:18

  Poverty and disgrace come to whoever ignores correction, but whoever heeds reproof will be honored.

• Proverbs 24:34

  and your poverty will come like a prowler, and your need like a man with a shield.

• Proverbs 28:19

  Whoever works his ground will be satisfied with bread, but whoever pursues empty things will be satisfied with poverty.

• Proverbs 30:8

  falsehood and a word of lies keep far from me; poverty and riches do not give me; feed me with the bread of my portion,

• Proverbs 31:7

  let him drink and forget his poverty, and his trouble let him not remember anymore.