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חָסֵר

From LSJ

Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

English (Strong)

a primitive root; to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen: be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.

English (Strong)

from חָסֵר; lacking; hence, without: destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.