Lexical Definition

‎יוֹתֵר‎ yôwthêr (yo-thare') advantage ^H:N-M
active participle of ‎יָתַר‎

better, more(-over), over, profit.

• properly, redundant
• hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction

n m
1) superiority, advantage, excess
adv
2) excess, better
conj
3) besides, moreover, more

Extended Information

• adv
• conj

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יוֺתֵר‎, ‎יֹתֵר‎ noun masculine superiority, advantage, excess (late) (properly Qal participle of ‎יתר‎) — absolute ‎יוֺתֵר‎ Eccl 7:16 + 2 t.; ‎יֹתֵר‎ Eccl 2:15 + 4 t.; — superiority, advantage ‎מַהיּֿוֺתֵר לֶחָכָם מִןהַֿכְּסִיל‎ Eccl 6:8 what advantage hath the wise over the fool? probably also ‎יֹתֵר מֵהֵמָּה‎ Eccl 12:12 (as to) what is more than these (see VB); absolute ‎מַהיֹּֿתֵר לָאָדָם‎ Eccl 6:11 ‎יֹתֵר לְרֹאֵי‎ ‎הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ‎ Eccl 7:11 elsewhere adverb to excess, overmuch Eccl 2:15; Eccl 7:16 followed by ‎מִן‎ (as often in Late Hebrew), ‎יוֺתֵר מִמֶּנִּי‎ Esth 6:6 more than me; ‎׳‎‎יֹתֵר שֶׁ‎ = besides that Eccl 12:9.

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