עשירות

עֲשִׁירוּתf. (עָשִׁיר) wealth. Keth.106b, a. e. במקום ע׳, v. עֲנִיּוּת. Y.Peah IV, 18a sq. (ref. to 1 Chr. 22:13 בעניי) שאין ע׳ לפני מיוכ׳ none can claim to be rich before Him who spoke and the world arose. Gitt.30b מאי שנא … לע׳ דלאוכ׳ why is it that they made provision for the debtors death, and none for the event of his becoming rich? מיתה שכיחא ע׳וכ׳ death is an ordinary occurrence, becoming rich is not; a. fr.