יָעַל
Used: 23 times · Key: 3276 · BDB: יָעַל
Glosses
it.profits (2); they.benefit (2); they.will.confer.profit (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
profit tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. confer gain profit, benefit tree →
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)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «יָעַל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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.
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?
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