מוֹתָר

«מוֹתָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: abundance — 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: 3 times · Key: 4195 · BDB: מוֹתָר

Glosses

profit (2); the.advantage (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

abundance tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. abundance, pre-eminence tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 14:23 abundance, pre-eminence;— abundance, plenty מוֹתָ֑ר Pr 14:23; 21:5 (in both opp. מַחְסוֹר). 2, מוֹתַר הָאָדָם מִן־הַבְּהֵמָה אָיִן Ec 3:19 the superiority of man over beast is nothing.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Proverbs 14:23

בְּכָל־עֶ֭צֶב יִהְיֶ֣ה מוֹתָ֑ר וּדְבַר־שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃

Word for word: in all hard.labor it.is profit and word of.lips [is].only to lack

JPS 1917: In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Proverbs 21:5

מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת חָ֭רוּץ אַךְ־לְמוֹתָ֑ר וְכָל־אָ֝֗ץ אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃

Word for word: [the].plans of.a.diligent.[person] [are].only to profit and every [one.who].hastens [is].only to lack

JPS 1917: The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

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