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title: יִתְרוֹן — advantage · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִתְרוֹן (3504), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: advantage. BDB 1906: advantage, profit. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִתְרוֹן

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«יִתְרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **advantage** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 3504 · **BDB:** יִתְרוֹן

### Glosses

advantage (6); \[is\].the.advantage (1); an.advantage (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

advantage [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3504/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

advantage, profit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3504/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] advantage, profit, only Ec;—abs. Ec 1:3 + 4 times; cstr. Ec 2:13 + 4 times;—advantage to (ל) any one, מַה־יִתְרוֹן לָאָדָם Ec 1:3, i.e. what advantage hath a man? 5:15; 10:11; sq. מִן compar. = advantage beyond, more than 2:13(×2); cstr. יִתְדוֹן הָעוֹשֶׂה 3:9 advantage of (for) him that worketh; יִתְרוֹן אֶרֶץ 5:8; יִתְרוֹן דַּעַת 7:12 advantage of knowledge; וְיִתְרוֹן הַכְשֵׁיר חָכְמָה Ec 10:10 an advantage for giving success is wisdom; abs. אֵין יִתְרוֹן תַּחַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ Ec 2:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִתְרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3504/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.3.9/)

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מַה־יִּתְרוֹן֙ הָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔ה בַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר ה֥וּא עָמֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* what? \[is\].the.advantage of the.\[one.who\].works in.\[that\] which he \[was\].toiling

*JPS 1917:* What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?

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[Ecclesiastes 5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.5.8/)

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וְיִתְר֥וֹן אֶ֖רֶץ בַּכֹּ֣ל ה֑וּא מֶ֥לֶךְ לְשָׂדֶ֖ה נֶעֱבָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and.\[the\] profit of.a.land \[is\].in (the) everything it a.king to a.field he.has.been.served

*JPS 1917:* But the profit of a land every way is a king that maketh himself servant to the field.

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