עשר

עָשַׁר(cmp. עְשַׁן) to be strong, substantial, wealthy. Hif. הֶעֱשִׁיר 1) (denom. of עָשִׁיר) to become wealthy. B. Bath.25b ושיַעֲשִׁיר and he who desires to become rich. Ber.33a הֶעֱשִׁירוּ קבעוהוכ׳ when they became wealthy, they made it a custom to recite the Habdalah over a cup. Meïl. 17a, v. עָנָה II, Hif. Ned.38a לאה׳ משהוכ׳ Moses became rich from the chips of the tablets; a. fr. 2) to make rich. Keth.48a לאו כל הימנו שיעשירוכ׳ he is not permitted to enrich his children and throw himself on the charities. Ḥull.84b (expl. עשתרת, Deut. 7:13) שמַעֲשִׁירוֹת את בעליהן Ar. (ed. שמְעַשְּׁרוֹת, Pi.) for they make their owners rich; Yalk. Deut. 848 שמעשרות. Cant. R. to VII, 11 (ref. to תעשרנה, Ps. 65:10) אם זכיתם תַּעֲשִׁיֶרנָּה ואם לאו תְּעַשְּׂרֶנָּהוכ׳ if you deserve well (it reads:) ‘thou makest her rich, if not, ‘thou reducest her to one-tenth, that she yield you only one-tenth; a. e. Pi. עִישֵּׁר same; v. supra. B. Bath. l. c., v. infra. Hithpa. הִתְעַשֵּׁר, Nithpa. נִתְעַשֵּׁר 1) to become rich. Sabb.119a; Taan.9a (play on עשר תעשר, Deut. 14:22) עַשֵּׂר בשביל שתִּתְעַשֵּׂרי give tithes in order that thou become rich. B. Bath. l. c. מתוך שמתחכם מִתְעַשֵּׁר for when he grows wise, he will also grow rich; (Ms. M. חכמתו מְעַשַּׁרְתּוֹ his wisdom makes him rich). Pes.50b עשרים … שלא יִתְעַשְּׁרוּ שאילמלי מִתְעַשְּׁרִיןוכ׳ the men of the Great Assembly held twenty-four fasts to pray that the copyists of sacred books might not become rich, for if they grew rich, they would not write; a. fr.( 2) (b. h.) to pretend to be rich, to pass for a rich man. Men.85b. Midr. Till. to Ps. 24.