יִתְרוֹן

«יִתְרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: advantage — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 10 times · Key: 3504 · BDB: יִתְרוֹן

Glosses

advantage (6); [is].the.advantage (1); an.advantage (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

advantage tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

advantage, profit tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] advantage, profit, only Ec;—abs. Ec 1:3 + 4 times; cstr. Ec 2:13 + 4 times;—advantage to (ל) any one, מַה־יִתְרוֹן לָאָדָם Ec 1:3, i.e. what advantage hath a man? 5:15; 10:11; sq. מִן compar. = advantage beyond, more than 2:13(×2); cstr. יִתְדוֹן הָעוֹשֶׂה 3:9 advantage of (for) him that worketh; יִתְרוֹן אֶרֶץ 5:8; יִתְרוֹן דַּעַת 7:12 advantage of knowledge; וְיִתְרוֹן הַכְשֵׁיר חָכְמָה Ec 10:10 an advantage for giving success is wisdom; abs. אֵין יִתְרוֹן תַּחַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ Ec 2:11.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Ecclesiastes 3:9

מַה־יִּתְרוֹן֙ הָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔ה בַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר ה֥וּא עָמֵֽל׃

Word for word: what? [is].the.advantage of the.[one.who].works in.[that] which he [was].toiling

JPS 1917: What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?

Ecclesiastes 5:8

וְיִתְר֥וֹן אֶ֖רֶץ בַּכֹּ֣ל ה֑וּא מֶ֥לֶךְ לְשָׂדֶ֖ה נֶעֱבָֽד׃

Word for word: and.[the] profit of.a.land [is].in (the) everything it a.king to a.field he.has.been.served

JPS 1917: But the profit of a land every way is a king that maketh himself servant to the field.

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