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# favourable

«favourable» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Good for you or helpful; giving an advantage: favourable…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (favourable, more favourable, most favourable) — UK spelling; US: favorable

### meaning for a pupil

1) Good for you or helpful; giving an advantage: favourable weather for sailing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/#m1)

2) Showing that someone likes or approves of something: a favourable report. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means kind and showing grace, especially God being gracious to His people. Interpretation: The tradition reads God's favor as His mercy in forgiving and restoring Israel. In the primary lessons: In science and geography «favourable conditions» are the right warmth, water and light for plants or animals; in everyday life a favourable answer is a yes. Phrases: «favourable conditions», «a favourable opinion», «favourable to».

### examples

- 'Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will He be favourable no more? (Writings PSA.77.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/#x1)
- LORD, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land, Thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob. (Writings PSA.85.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/#x2)
- He prayeth unto God, and He is favourable unto him; so that he seeth His face with joy; and He restoreth unto man his righteousness. (Writings JOB.33.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/#x3)
- The weather was favourable, so we went sailing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/#x4)
- Seeds grow well in favourable conditions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/#x5)
- The teacher wrote a favourable report about my work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/#x6)
- The wind was favourable for flying kites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/#x7)
- The plan got a favourable answer from the council. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/#x8)
- Warm wet soil is favourable to worms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/#x9)
- The ship set sail for Christiansand in Norway, and as the wind was favourable it soon arrived there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/#x10)

### note

UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada: «favourable»; US: «favorable». Opposite: unfavourable. Related: favour, favourite.

### In the corpora

- ['Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will He be favourable no more?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1311/)
- [LORD, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land, Thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1499/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «favourable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/favourable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.