עֲשִׁירוּת, (עָשִׁיר) wealth. Keth. 106ᵇ, a. e. במקום ע׳, v. עֲנִיּוּת. Y. Peah IV, 18ᵃ sq. (ref. to I Chr. XXII, 13 בעניי) שאין ע׳ לפני מי וכ׳ none can claim to be rich before Him who spoke and the world arose. Gitt. 30ᵇ מאי שנא … לע׳ דלא וכ׳ why is it that they made provision for the debtor’s 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.