{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2637",
  "lemma": "חָסֵר",
  "transliteration": "châçêr",
  "definition": "to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen",
  "kjv": "be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.",
  "occurrences": 21,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חָסֵר vb. lack, need, be lacking, decrease",
    "Qal",
    "1. lack",
    "2. be lacking",
    "3. diminish, decrease",
    "Pi. cause to lack",
    "Hiph. cause to be lacking, fail"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 8:3",
      "text": "The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 8:5",
      "text": "The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:28",
      "text": "What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 16:18",
      "text": "When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/16?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 2:7",
      "text": "For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has known your walking through this great…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/2?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 8:9",
      "text": "a land in which you shall eat bread without scarcity, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/8?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 15:8",
      "text": "but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 17:14",
      "text": "For the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out, and the jar of oil will not fail, until the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 32:6",
      "text": "For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/32?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 51:14",
      "text": "The captive exile will speedily be freed. He will not die and go down into the pit. His bread won’t fail.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/51?v=14"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2637",
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}