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title: יוֹתֵר — superiority · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹתֵר (3148), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: superiority. BDB 1906: n.m. superiority, advantage, excess Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹתֵר

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«יוֹתֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **superiority** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 3148 · **BDB:** יוֹתֵר

### Glosses

excess (3); advantage (2); excessively (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

superiority [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3148/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. superiority, advantage, excess Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3148/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. superiority, advantage, excess (late) (proposes Qal pt. of יתר)—abs. יוֹתֵר Ec 7:16 + 2 times; יֹתֵר Ec 2:15 + 4 times;—superiority, advantage מַה־יּוֹתֵר לֶחָכָם מִן־הַכְּסִיל Ec 6:8 what advantage hath the wise over the fool? prob. also יֹתֵר מֵהֵמָּה 12:12 (as to) what is more than these (see VB); abs. מַה־יֹּתֵר לָאָדָם 6:11; יֹתֵר לְרֹאֵי הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ Ec 7:11; elsewhere adv. to excess, overmuch Ec 2:15; 7:16; sq. מִן (as often in NH), יוֹתֵר מִמֶּנִּי Est 6:6 more than me; יֹתֵר שֶׁ׳ = besides that Ec 12:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹתֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3148/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 7:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.11/)

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טוֹבָ֥ה חָכְמָ֖ה עִֽם־נַחֲלָ֑ה וְיֹתֵ֖ר לְרֹאֵ֥י הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].good wisdom with an.inheritance and.\[is\] an.advantage to \[those.who\].see (of).the sun

*JPS 1917:* Wisdom is good with an inheritance, yea, a profit to them that see the sun.

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[Ecclesiastes 6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.6.11/)

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כִּ֛י יֵשׁ־דְּבָרִ֥ים הַרְבֵּ֖ה מַרְבִּ֣ים הָ֑בֶל מַה־יֹּתֵ֖ר לָאָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) there.\[are\] words many \[which\].increase futility what? advantage \[belongs\].to (the) person

*JPS 1917:* Seeing there are many words that increase vanity, what is man the better?

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