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title: כָּשֵׁר — be advantageous · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּשֵׁר (3787), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: be advantageous. BDB 1906: vb. advantageous, proper, suitable, succeed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּשֵׁר

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«כָּשֵׁר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be advantageous** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3787 · **BDB:** כָּשֵׁר

### Glosses

it.is.proper (1); to.give.success (1); will.it.succeed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be advantageous [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3787/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. advantageous, proper, suitable, succeed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3787/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be advantageous, proper, suitable, succeed, late Aramaic (NH id.; Aramaic כְּשָׁר, ܟܫܰܪ );— Pf. 3 ms. וְכָשֵׁר הַדָּבָר לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ Est 8:5 and the thing be proper in the view of the king; Impf. יִכְשָׁר֨ Ec 11:6 thou knowest not whether this shall succeed, or this. Inf. cstr. וְיִתְרוֹן הַכְשֵׁיר חָכְמָה Ec 10:10 an advantage for giving success is wisdom.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּשֵׁר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3787/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 10:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.10/)

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אִם־קֵהָ֣ה הַבַּרְזֶ֗ל וְהוּא֙ לֹא־פָנִ֣ים קִלְקַ֔ל וַחֲיָלִ֖ים יְגַבֵּ֑ר וְיִתְר֥וֹן הַכְשֵׁ֖רחָכְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* if it.is.blunt the.iron \[axe\] and he not faces he.has.sharpened and strength(s) he.will.make.strong and.\[is\] an.advantage to.give.success wisdom

*JPS 1917:* If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength; but wisdom is profitable to direct.

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[Ecclesiastes 11:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.6/)

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בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ זְרַ֣ע אֶת־זַרְעֶ֔ךָ וְלָעֶ֖רֶב אַל־תַּנַּ֣ח יָדֶ֑ךָ כִּי֩ אֵֽינְךָ֨ יוֹדֵ֜עאֵ֣י זֶ֤ה יִכְשָׁר֙ הֲזֶ֣ה אוֹ־זֶ֔ה וְאִם־שְׁנֵיהֶ֥ם כְּאֶחָ֖ד טוֹבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* in the morning sow (et) seed your and to the evening do.not give.rest.to hand your (dm) not you \[are\].knowing where? this will.it.succeed ? this or? this and or? \[will\].both of.them as one \[be\].good

*JPS 1917:* In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

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