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# profitable

«profitable» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Bringing in money or some good; helpful and worth doing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Bringing in money or some good; helpful and worth doing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profitable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tanakh it means useful or beneficial, and it is often used of idols that give no benefit. Interpretation: The prophets mock idols as "profitable for nothing." Job's friend asks whether human goodness can truly benefit God, who needs nothing. In the primary lessons: in the lessons, a business or task that brings gain; in stories, a useful job or a useful sheep

### examples

- Can a man be profitable unto God? (Writings JOB.22.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profitable/#x1)
- Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him? (Writings JOB.22.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profitable/#x2)
- Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing? (Prophets ISA.44.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profitable/#x3)
- Selling cakes at the fair was profitable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profitable/#x4)
- It is profitable to keep bees for honey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profitable/#x5)
- The messenger hoped for a profitable office. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profitable/#x6)

### note

profit is the money left after costs are taken away, so a profitable deal is found by taking costs (-) from money earned; the word itself gives no number.

### In the corpora

- [Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.982/)
- [Can a man be profitable unto God?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.567/)
- [Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.568/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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