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# יָעַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3276

**profit** — used 23 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

profit [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3276/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָעַל: vb. confer gain profit, benefit [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3276/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only confer or gain profit, benefit;—Pf. הוֹעִיל Hb 2:18; Impf. יוֹעִיל Je 2:11 + 2 times; אֹעִיל Jb 35:3; יוֹעִילוּ 1 S 12:21 + 6 times; יוֹעִ֫לוּ Je 2:8; 12:13; יוֹעִילוּךְ Is 57:12; נוֹעִיל Jb 21:15; Inf. abs. הוֹעֵיל Je 23:32; cstr. הוֹעִיל 7:8 + 4 times; Pt. מוֹעִיל 16:19;—profit, avail, benefit, always c. neg. (except Jb 30:13 where in bad sense, Is 47:12; 48:17), or in question implying neg.; especially of idols or false gods (as unprofitable), so Hb 2:18; Is 44:9, 10; 57:12; Je 2:8 אחרי לא יועילו הלכו, v 11 המיר כבודו בלוא יועיל, 16:19 ואין בם מועיל, 1 S 12:21, of vain confidences Je 7:8, or promises 23:32(×2) (sq. לְ); of Egypt as ally Is 30:5 (sq. לְ), v 5, 6; of wickedness Pr 10:2; wealth 11:4; worthless men Jb 30:13 (לְהַוָּתִי יוֹעִילוּ i.e. benefit by it); of words Jb 15:3 (‖ דָּבָר לֹא יִסְכּוֹן); in gen. gain profit Is 47:12; 48:17; Je 12:13; Jb 21:15; 35:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 4 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (24 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (17 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it profits (2); they benefit (2); they will confer profit (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 10:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.2/#tree)

לֹא־י֭וֹעִילוּ אוֹצְר֣וֹת רֶ֑שַׁע וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה תַּצִּ֥יל מִמָּֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* not they.profit treasures of.wickedness and righteousness it.delivers from death

*JPS 1917:* Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.

[Isaiah 44:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.10/#tree)

מִֽי־יָצַ֥ר אֵ֖ל וּפֶ֣סֶל נָסָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י הוֹעִֽיל׃

*Word for word:* who? has.he.formed a.god and an.idol has.he.cast? to not to.confer.profit

*JPS 1917:* Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3276.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3276/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).