advantage
mo.tar denotes an advantage or beneficial result, whether gained through toil and planning or denied in comparison with beasts.
The term denotes an advantage or beneficial outcome in contexts of toil and prudent planning, while Ecclesiastes uses it negatively to deny any human advantage over beasts in the stated comparison.
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Advantage or beneficial outcome · dominant
In Proverbs 14:23, the absolute form occurs in the clause about all toil, which the APB renders "In all toil there is advantage." In Proverbs 21:5, the same absolute form follows the plots of the sharp; the APB renders that these "surely lead to advantage."
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Advantage denied in comparison · occasional
In Ecclesiastes 3:19, the construct form occurs in the comparison of man and beast, and the APB renders the clause "man has no advantage over the beast." The surrounding statement gives both the same fate and says that all is vanity.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "advantage" in all three verses: as present in toil, as the result of sharp planning, and as absent for man over beast. These clauses provide contextual confirmation rather than a separate English definition.