רָשׁוּת I, (denom. of רָשׁ) poverty. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXIV יש רש ואין שמו לפי רָשׁוּתוֹ (ed. Bub. עניותו) many a man is poor, but his reputation is not in harmony with his poverty (it being that he is wealthy). Yalk. Gen. 147 (ref. to Koh. IV, 14) במלכותו … נולדה רָשׁוּתוֹ וכ׳ with Joseph’s elevation to governorship Potiphar’s poverty was born; Gen. R. s. 89 רִשְׁתּוֹ; Yalk. Koh. 971 רשתו.