unprofitable

«unprofitable» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Not bringing any good or benefit — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

Not bringing any good or benefit. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Job, Eliphaz says that Job's talk is useless words that do no good. Interpretation: The book of Job shows friends who give speeches but no real comfort. Tradition sees it as a lesson that empty arguing does not help a suffering person.

examples

• Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? (Writings JOB.15.3, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unprofitable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.