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# prosperous

adjective (prosperous, more prosperous, most prosperous)

«prosperous» 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

Doing well; having plenty of money, success and good fortune. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosperous/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, the hero or the merchant becomes prosperous and lives happily

### Examples

- The farmer became prosperous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosperous/#x1)
- They lived a prosperous life in a big house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosperous/#x2)
- A prosperous town has busy shops and markets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosperous/#x3)
- The voyage was short and prosperous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prosperous/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In the Tanakh it means that a journey or work succeeds because God grants it.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads success as coming from God's help and not only from human effort. Abraham's servant prays that his journey may succeed.

### Examples

- If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. (Writings JOB.8.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prosperous/#x1)
- I, even I, have spoken, yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. (Prophets ISA.48.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prosperous/#x2)
- And the man looked stedfastly on her; holding his peace, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. (Torah GEN.24.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prosperous/#x3)
- And they said unto him: 'Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we are going shall be prosperous.' (Prophets JDG.18.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prosperous/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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