[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/profit.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / profit [← P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/P/) # profit «profit» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the money you have left after you take away what you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a profit, profits; also uncountable); verb (profit, profits, profited, profiting) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Profit is the money you have left after you take away what you spent from what you earned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#m1) 2) (verb) To profit is to make money from something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#m2) 3) (verb) To profit from something can mean to gain or learn something good from it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#m3) 4) Profit can also mean a benefit or good result, not only money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Prophets and Writings it means a useful gain or benefit, not only money. Idols and lies cannot profit, treasures of wickedness profit nothing, and Ecclesiastes asks what profit a person has from all his work. Interpretation: Jeremiah is read as warning that false trust in words cannot help. Proverbs teaches that righteousness saves from death when wealth cannot, and Ecclesiastes' question is read as asking what lasting worth comes from toil. In the primary lessons: In maths money problems, profit = selling price − cost price. If the costs are bigger, there is a loss instead. At a school fair pupils work out the profit from a cake stall. In business people talk about making a profit. Phrases: make a profit, profit and loss, at a profit, profit from. ### examples - And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? (Torah GEN.37.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x1) - And Esau said: 'Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?' (Torah GEN.25.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x2) - Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. (Prophets JER.7.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x3) - Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death. (Writings PRO.10.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x4) - What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth? (Writings ECC.3.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x5) - We sold lemonade and made a profit of $12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x6) - The cakes cost £10 to make and sold for £25, so the profit was £15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x7) - If you sell it for less than it cost, you make a loss, not a profit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x8) - The shop's profits went up this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x9) - Everyone can profit from reading more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x10) - The charity profited from the school's fun run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x11) - Work out the total profit from the bake sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x12) - He sold his old bike at a profit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x13) - Evil companions bring more hurt than profit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x14) ### note Profit = money in − money out; a negative result is called a loss. Regular verb: profited (one t), profiting. Homophone: «prophet» (a person who foretells or speaks for God) — same sound, different meaning. In maths: «profit per item» × number of items = total profit. ### In the corpora - [And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1204/) - [I will declare thy righteousness; thy works also — they shall not profit thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1247/) - [But My people hath changed its glory for that which doth not profit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.30/) - [Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.209/) - ['What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.441/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «profit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.