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# avail

noun (no plural); verb (avails, availed, availing)

«avail» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (noun) Avail means use or help: «of no avail» means it did not help at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avail/#m1)
2. (verb, formal) To avail is to be of use or to help someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avail/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, a plea, a fight or a plan that brings no use or help: it was of no avail.

### Examples

- All our shouting was of no avail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avail/#x1)
- The medicine did not avail him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avail/#x2)
- That will avail him little. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avail/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Job it means to help or be of use.

**Interpretation.** Elihu warns that wealth and strength do not help in the day of God's judgment. Tradition teaches that only good deeds and repentance help.

### Examples

- Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength? (Writings JOB.36.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/avail/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «avail» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avail/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«avail» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/avail.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «avail» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/avail/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«avail» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/avail.html) on Mova free.