חכמתו

מִסְכֵּןI m. (b. h.; סָכַן I) poor man; (adj.) scanty, scarce; trnsf. mean. Midr. Prov. ch. 22 מ׳ שהוא מְסוּכָּן בחייו the poor man is called misken, because he is sparsely supplied with means of livelihood; Lev. R. s. 34 מפני שהוא בזוי לכל he is called misken, because he is despised of all men (ref. to Koh. 9:16). Ruth R. to I, 1 (ref. to Koh. l. c.) וכי חכמתו שלר״ע שהיה מ׳ בזויה היתה אלא מהו מ׳ מי שהוא בזוי בדבריווכ׳ was the wisdom of R. Akiba who was a poor man despised? But what does misken here mean? One who proves himself mean by his own words (not practicing what he preaches); Koh. R. to l. c. (read:) אלא זה שהוא מ׳ בדבריו; Yalk. Ruth 598 אלא ההוא דמ׳ בדבריו בזויה (insert חכמתו). Koh. R. l. c. אין מ׳ אלא מי שמְמַסְכֵּין דבריו (not שמסכין) behold, a misken is none but he who makes his words appear mean. Ib. to 9:15 ולמה קורא אותו מ׳ שאינו מצוי בכל הבריות ואיןוכ׳ and why does the text call him (the good genius in man) misken (scarce)? Because he is rare among men, and ( mean) because the majority of people do not listen to him; ib. to 4:13; a. fr.Yalk. ib. 979; Ylamd. to Num. 24:5 quot. in Ar. שמ׳ מדברי תורה, read: שמ׳ בדבריו, v. supra.Denom.

מִסְכֵּןI m. (b. h.; סָכַן I) poor man; (adj.) scanty, scarce; trnsf. mean. Midr. Prov. ch. 22 מ׳ שהוא מְסוּכָּן בחייו the poor man is called misken, because he is sparsely supplied with means of livelihood; Lev. R. s. 34 מפני שהוא בזוי לכל he is called misken, because he is despised of all men (ref. to Koh. 9:16). Ruth R. to I, 1 (ref. to Koh. l. c.) וכי חכמתו שלר״ע שהיה מ׳ בזויה היתה אלא מהו מ׳ מי שהוא בזוי בדבריווכ׳ was the wisdom of R. Akiba who was a poor man despised? But what does misken here mean? One who proves himself mean by his own words (not practicing what he preaches); Koh. R. to l. c. (read:) אלא זה שהוא מ׳ בדבריו; Yalk. Ruth 598 אלא ההוא דמ׳ בדבריו בזויה (insert חכמתו). Koh. R. l. c. אין מ׳ אלא מי שמְמַסְכֵּין דבריו (not שמסכין) behold, a misken is none but he who makes his words appear mean. Ib. to 9:15 ולמה קורא אותו מ׳ שאינו מצוי בכל הבריות ואיןוכ׳ and why does the text call him (the good genius in man) misken (scarce)? Because he is rare among men, and ( mean) because the majority of people do not listen to him; ib. to 4:13; a. fr.Yalk. ib. 979; Ylamd. to Num. 24:5 quot. in Ar. שמ׳ מדברי תורה, read: שמ׳ בדבריו, v. supra.Denom.

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.

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.