The meaning of “יַעַל”
Understanding yaʻal reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
[idiom] at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able). - properly, to ascend - figuratively, to be valuabl...
יַעַל
[idiom] at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able). - properly, to ascend - figuratively, to be valuable (objectively - useful, subjectively - benefited) 1) (Hiphil) to gain, profit, benefit, avail
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Samuel 12:21 | “And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.” Word: יַעַל (yaʻal) | |
| Job 30:13 | “They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.” Word: יַעַל (yaʻal) | |
| Proverbs 11:4 | “Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.” Word: יַעַל (yaʻal) | |
| Isaiah 44:10 | “Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?” Word: יַעַל (yaʻal) | |
| Jeremiah 12:13 | “They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the Lord.” Word: יַעַל (yaʻal) |