יַעַלyaʻal
profit, avail, benefit
Pronunciation: yaw-al' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3276
Meanings
Hiph`il: profit, avail, benefit (Habakkuk 2:18; Jeremiah 2:11; Job 35:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 23 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 12:21 Don’t go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you—they are totally useless!
- Job 15:3 The wise don’t engage in empty chatter. What good are such words?
- Job 21:15 Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him? What good will it do us to pray?’
- Job 30:13 They block my road and do everything they can to destroy me. They know I have no one to help me.
- Job 35:3 For you also ask, ‘What’s in it for me? What’s the use of living a righteous life?’
- Proverbs 10:2 Tainted wealth has no lasting value, but right living can save your life.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).