חֶסֶרcheçer

want, poverty (Proverbs 28:22; Job 30:3)

Pronunciation: kheh'-ler · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2639

Same root

חָסֵרchâçêr · H2637to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Job 30:3 They are gaunt from poverty and hunger. They claw the dry ground in desolate wastelands.
Proverbs 28:22 Greedy people try to get rich quick but don’t realize they’re headed for poverty.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).