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# fruitful

adjective (fruitful, more fruitful, most fruitful)

«fruitful» 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. Fruitful means producing much fruit or crops, so the land gives rich harvests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fruitful/#m1)
2. Fruitful can mean useful and successful, giving good results. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fruitful/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, rich land that grows much food; a fruitful land is a rich one, where farmers do well

### Examples

- The fields were fruitful and the farmers were rich. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fruitful/#x1)
- After a wet spring the orchard was fruitful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fruitful/#x2)
- They had a fruitful talk and solved the problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fruitful/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

"Be fruitful and multiply" is God's blessing to Adam and Noah's family.

**Interpretation.** Tradition counts this as the first commandment, understood as having children; Jewish law applies it to marriage.

### Examples

- And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.' (Torah GEN.9.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fruitful/#x1)
- Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall. (Torah GEN.49.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fruitful/#x2)
- And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth. (Torah GEN.9.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fruitful/#x3)
- Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars; (Writings PSA.148.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fruitful/#x4)
- My well-beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill; (Prophets ISA.5.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fruitful/#x5)
- Smiting upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine; (Prophets ISA.32.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fruitful/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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