be poor
mukh describes becoming impoverished, including circumstances that lead to selling property or oneself and to adjusted valuation.
The occurrences consistently describe a person becoming impoverished: this condition may lead to selling property or oneself, call for support, or affect an assessed value.
Senses in use
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Becoming impoverished in material circumstances · dominant
In Leviticus 25:25, Leviticus 25:35, Leviticus 25:39, and Leviticus 25:47, the Qal verbal forms occur in conditional clauses about a brother whose impoverishment leads to selling possessions or himself, or who is to receive support. In Leviticus 27:8, the active participle describes a person whose means are below a valuation; the APB renders the clause "If the person is poorer than your valuation."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the verbal occurrences as "becomes poor" and the participial occurrence as "is poorer than your valuation." These renderings confirm the verses' presentation of reduced means rather than supplying separate lexical senses.