Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H3276יָעַלya.al
to gainPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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23 occurrences in 21 verses
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and turn ye not aside; for then should ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
יוֹעִ֛ילוּ yo.'I.lu “they will benefit”
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
יוֹעִ֥יל yo.'Il “anyone profits”
What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?'--
נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל no.'Il “will we gain”
They break up my path, they further my calamity, even men that have no helper.
יֹעִ֑ילוּ yo.'I.lu “they benefit”
That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
אֹ֝עִ֗יל 'o.'Il “will I profit”
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
י֭וֹעִילוּ Yo.'i.lu “they profit”
Riches profit not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.
יוֹעִ֣יל yo.'Il “it profits”
They shall all be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
יוֹעִ֣ילוּ yo.'I.lu “they will confer profit”לְהוֹעִ֔יל (הוֹעִ֔יל) ho.'Il “confer profit”
The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of came
יוֹעִֽילוּ׃ yo.'I.lu “they will confer profit”
They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
יוֹעִ֑ילוּ yo.'I.lu “they confer profit”
Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
הוֹעִֽיל׃ ho.'Il “to confer profit”
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
הוֹעִ֖יל ho.'Il “to profit”
Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD thy God, who teacheth thee for thy profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
לְהוֹעִ֔יל (הוֹעִ֔יל) ho.'Il “profit”
I will declare thy righteousness; thy works also--they shall not profit thee.
יוֹעִילֽוּךְ׃ (יוֹעִילֽוּ) yo.'i.Lu “they will benefit”
The priests said not: 'Where is the LORD?' And they that handle the law knew Me not, and the rulers transgressed against Me; the prophets also prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
יוֹעִ֖לוּ yo.'I.lu “they profited”
Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? But My people hath changed its glory for that which doth not profit.
יוֹעִֽיל׃ yo.'Il “it profits”
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
הוֹעִֽיל׃ ho.'Il “to profit”
They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, they profit not; be ye then ashamed of your increase, because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
יוֹעִ֑לוּ yo.'I.lu “they have profited”
O LORD, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge, in the day of affliction, unto Thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: 'Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, vanity and things wherein there is no profit.'
מוֹעִֽיל׃ mo.'Il “a [thing that] profits”
Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies, and by their wantonness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither can they profit this people at all, saith the LORD
וְהוֹעֵ֛יל (הוֹעֵ֛יל) ho.'Eil “certainly <to benefit>”יוֹעִ֥ילוּ yo.'I.lu “they benefit”
What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it, even the molten image, and the teacher of lies; that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
הוֹעִ֣יל ho.'Il “does it profit”