יַעַל
yaʻal · H3276 · Hebrew · 23 occurrences
Meanings
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to benefit
Process by which someone's well-being is promoted by a certain action or event
ExamplesJob 21:15 ‘Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’
Isaiah 47:12 “Persist now in your spells And in your many sorceries With which you have labored from your youth; Perhaps you will be able to benefit, Perhaps you may cause trembling.
1 Samuel 12:21 “Indeed, you must not turn aside, for then you would go after useless things which cannot benefit or save, because they are useless.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
20 occurrences in 9 groups
- Not stated: they 8
- Not stated (infinitive) 4
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- מָהwhat?, why? 3
- ךְyou 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- מִןfrom+ חַטָּאָהsin, sin offering 1
- בin/on/with+ יוֹםday, time 1
- בin/on/with+ הֶםthem 1
- לto/for+ הַוָּהdestruction, calamity 1
- לto/for+ עַםpeople 1
- לto/for+ הֶםthem 1
With adverbsAdverbs
12 occurrences in 2 groups
- לֹאnot 11
- בַּלnot 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָכֹלto be able to 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- אַחַרafter, behind 2
- בin/on/with 2
- לto/for 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ὠφελέω ōpheléō · G5623 · to help, to accomplish, to do
- Greek ὠφελέω focuses on active usefulness or benefit to someone, while Hebrew יַעַל encompasses both profitability/benefit and the broader capacity to accomplish or succeed ("can do good", "set forward"), with יַעַל carrying modal nuances of ability that ὠφελέω does not inherently express.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- יַעַל describes profiting or benefiting, doing good in a way that brings safety or advantage rather than harm.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Also from the root יָעַל
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3276. yaal I. [יָעַל] verb only Hiph`il profit, avail, benefit; — Hiph`il Perfect…
I. [יָעַל] verb only
Hiph`il profit, avail, benefit; —
Hiph`il Perfect הוֺעִיל Hab 2:18; Imperfect יוֺעִיל Jer 2:11 Jer 2:2t.; אֹעִיל Job 35:3; יוֺעִילוּ 1Sa 12:21 1Sa 12:6t.; יוֺעִ֫לוּ Jer 2:8; Jer 12:13; יוֺעִילוּךְ Isa 57:12; נוֺעִיל Job 21:15; Infinitive absolute הוֺעֵיל Jer 23:22; construct הוֺעִיל Jer 7:8 Jer 7:4t.; Participle מוֺעִיל Jer 16:19; — profit, avail, benefit, always (except Job 30:13 where in bad sense, Isa 47:12) with negative, or in question implying negative; especially of idols or false gods (as unprofitable), so Hab 2:18; Isa 44:9-10, Isa 57:12; Jer 2:8 הלבו יועילו לא אחרי, Jer 2:11 יועיל בלוא כבידו המיר, Jer 16:19 מועיל בם ואין, 1Sa 12:21, of vain confidences Jer 7:8, or promises Jer 23:32 (twice in verse) (followed by לְ); of Egypt as ally Isa 30:5 (followed by לְ), Isa 30:5; Isa 30:6; of wickedness Pro 10:2; wealth Pro 11:4; worthless men Job 30:13 (יועִילוּ לְהַוָּתִי i.e. promote it); of words Job 15:3 (|| יִסְכּוֺן לֹא דָּבָר); in General gain profit Isa 47:12; Isa 48:17; Jer 12:13; Job 21:15; Job 35:3.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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