fruitful

Everyday

1. Fruitful means producing much fruit or crops, so the land gives rich harvests. tree →
2. Fruitful can mean useful and successful, giving good results. tree →

In the lessons

in tales, rich land that grows much food; a fruitful land is a rich one, where farmers do well

Examples

• The fields were fruitful and the farmers were rich. tree →
• After a wet spring the orchard was fruitful. tree →
• They had a fruitful talk and solved the problem. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

"Be fruitful and multiply" is God's blessing to Adam and Noah's family.

Interpretation. Tradition counts this as the first commandment, understood as having children; Jewish law applies it to marriage.

Examples

• And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.' (Torah GEN.9.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall. (Torah GEN.49.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth. (Torah GEN.9.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars; (Writings PSA.148.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• My well-beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill; (Prophets ISA.5.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Smiting upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine; (Prophets ISA.32.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths