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II. טוֺב‎ adjective pleasant, agreeable, good (see Lag^{BN 26}; Aramaic טַב‎, Palmyrene טב‎ Vog^{No. 81}, טבא‎ Vog^{No. 75}) — masculine ׳ט‎ Genesis 2:12 22t., טוֺבָם‎ Micah 7:4; feminine טוֺבָה‎ Esther 8:5 50t., טֹבָה‎ Deuteronomy 6:18 2t.; construct טוֺבַת‎ Genesis 26:7 6t., טֹבַת‎ 24:16; plural טוֺבִים‎ Jeremiah 44:17 28t.; טֹבִים‎ Genesis 27:9 4t.; construct טוֺבֵי‎ Daniel 1:4 2t.; plural טוֺבוֺת‎ Esther 2:2, טֹבוֺת‎ Jeremiah 24:2 6t., טֹבֹת‎ Genesis 6:2 4t.; —

1 pleasant, agreeable to the senses:

a. to the sight, fair, of daughters of men Genesis 6:2 (J); of a son Exodus 2:2 (E), 1 Samuel 9:2; 1 Kings 20:3, young men (but read herds ᵐ5‎ Th We Klo Dr Bu) 1 Samuel 8:16; מראיהם‎ their appearance Daniel 1:15, מראה טֹבַת‎ Genesis 24:16; 26:7 (both J), 2 Samuel 11:2; Esther 1:11; 2:3, 7; ראי טוב‎ 1 Samuel 16:12; תאר טוב‎ 1 Kings 1:6; חן טובַת‎ Nahum 3:4; מראה טוֺבוֺת‎ Esther 2:2; מראה טוֺבֵי‎ Daniel 1:4; לעינים טוב‎ Ecclesiastes 11:7; בעיניו טובה‎ fair in his eyes Esther 8:5; of mantle Joshua 7:21 (J); goodly houses Isaiah 5:9; Deuteronomy 8:12; cities 6:10; situation of city 2 Kings 2:19.

b. to the taste, good, sweet, agreeable for eating למאכל‎ Genesis 2:9; 3:6 (both J); ears of grain 41:5, 22, 24, 26 (E); figs Jeremiah 24:2-3,(twice in verse); 24:5; honey Proverbs 24:13; הטוב כְּיֵין‎ Cant 7:10 as wine of the best sort (Hi reads כַּיַּיִן‎); הַטּוֺבָּה תְּנוּבָתִי‎ Judges 9:11 my sweet fruit ("" מָתְקִי‎).

c. to the smell, sweet-scented, of ointment Song of Solomon 1:3; הטוב קנה‎ Jeremiah 6:20 the fragrant cane.

d. of pleasant shadow of tree Hosea 4:13.

2 pleasant to the higher nature, giving pleasure, happiness, prosperity, and so agreeable, pleasing, well:

a. of time: טוב יום‎ good day, festal day 1 Samuel 25:8; Esther 8:17; 9:19, 22; of feasts Zechariah 8:19; prosperous years Genesis 41:35 (E).

b. of place, הנשׁים בית טוב‎ Esther 2:9 the best part of the women's house; ׳בַּטּ לוֺ‎ Deuteronomy 23:17, ׳בַּטּ בְּעֵינֵי‎ Genesis 20:15 (see c f below)

c. of persons, (אתה‎) בעיני טוב‎ pleasing in the eyes of 1 Samuel 29:6 (twice in verse); 29:9 י בעיני ׳טוב‎ Malachi 2:17 (compare

verb 4, and f below); later לִפְנֵי‎ Ecclesiastes 2:26 (twice in verse); 7:26; inserted in 1 Samuel 29:10 ᵐ5‎ We Dr; compare ׳ט עם‎ 2:26.

d. of word or message, טוֺבָה בְּשׂוֺרָה‎ 2 Samuel 18:27 good tidings; ט ׳שְׁמוּעָה‎ good report 1 Samuel 2:24; Proverbs 15:30; 25:25; בעתו דבר‎ 15:23 a word in its season; טוב דבר‎ 12:25 an agreeable word (maketh the heart glad); טוב דבר‎ Psalm 45:2 a good theme.

e. of other things, טובה דֶּרֶךְ‎ 1 Samuel 24:20 a pleasant, prosperous journey; טוב כי מנחה‎ Genesis 49:15 (poem); of unity of brethren נעים ומה טוב מה‎ Psalm 133:1 how good and how pleasant it is! לְ טוב‎ (יהיה‎) it shall be well for Ecclesiastes 2:3; 6:12; 8:12-13, (compare

verb 3); כִּי הֲטוֺב‎ Job 13:9 will it be advantageous that (see 5). feminine בעיני הטוב עשׂה‎ do what is pleasing in the eyes of Genesis 16:5 (J), Judges 19:24; 1 Samuel 1:23; 3:18; 14:40; 2 Samuel 10:12> = 1 Chronicles 19:13; 2 Samuel 19:19; 19:28; 19:39; 2 Kings 10:5; 20:3 = Isaiah 38:3; 1 Chronicles 21:23 = 2 Samuel 24:22 where object of העלה‎; בע (ה)טוב (כל) (כ) ׳עשׂה‎ Genesis 19:8 (J), Judges 10:15; 1 Samuel 11:10; 14:36; Esther 3:11; בע ׳ו(כ)הישׁר עשׂה (כ)הטוב‎) Deuteronomy 12:28; Joshua 9:25 (D), 2 Chronicles 14:1; Jeremiah 26:14, compare Esther 8:8; nouns reversed Deuteronomy 6:18; לפני והישׁר הטוֺב עשׂה‎2 Chronicles 31:20; בע ׳טוב‎ in other combinations Numbers 36:6 (P), Jeremiah 40:4; והישׁר הטוב ראה‎ 2 Kings 10:3; ט ׳דבּר‎ 1 Kings 22:13 2 Chronicles 18:12; Numbers 10:29 (J), 1 Samuel 19:4; Esther 7:9; עדרֿע מטוב דבּר‎ speak either good or bad Genesis 31:24, 29 (E); טוב ועד למרע‎ 2 Samuel 13:22; טוב או רע‎ Genesis 24:50 (J); ט ׳התנבא‎ 1 Kings 22:8, 18 2 Chronicles 18:17; compare 1 Kings 22:13 2 Chronicles 18:12.

3 good, excellent of its kind:

a. of the several creations, טוֺב כי אלהים וירא‎ and God saw that it was good, excellent Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25 (P); והנּה עשׂה אשׁר כל מאר טוֺב‎ 1:31 (P) God saw all that he had made, and behold it was very excellent. So

b. of land, soil, fruitful, fertile: ארץ‎ Exodus 3:8; Numbers 13:19 (both J), 14:7 (P), Deuteronomy 1:25, 35; 3:25; 4:21-22, 6:18; 8:7, 10; 9:6; 11:17; Joshua 23:16 (D), Judges 18:9; 1 Chronicles 28:8; אדמה‎ 1 Kings 14:15; Joshua 23:13, 15 (D); הר‎ Deuteronomy 3:25; חלקה‎ 2 Kings 3:19, 25; שׂדה‎ Ezekiel 17:8; נָוֶה‎ 34:14; מרעה‎ 1 Chronicles 4:40; Ezekiel 34:14, 18.

c. of vegetation, choice, fruitful זֵיתִים‎ 1 Samuel 8:14; עץ‎ 2 Kings 3:19, 25; Ezekiel 31:16; טוב שׁמן‎ 2 Kings 20:13 precious oil = Isaiah 39:2; Psalm 133:2 Ecclesiastes 7:1; of seed, טובים שׁניהם אם‎ 11:6 whether both of them will be fruitful.

d. of animals, fat בקר‎ Genesis 18:7 (J); עזים‎ 27:9 (J); פרות‎ 41:26 (E); יָרֵךְ‎ Ezekiel 24:4.

e. of minerals, fine, pure זהב‎ Genesis 2:12 (J), 2 Chronicles 3:5, 8; כֶּתֶם‎ Lamentations 4:1; brass Ezra 8:27, soldering Isaiah 41:7.

4 good, rich, valuable in estimation:

a. in quantity, טובה שׂיבה‎ good old age Genesis 15:15 (R), 25:8 (P), Judges 8:32; 1 Chronicles 29:28; dowry Genesis 30:20 (E; many sons); treasury Deuteronomy 28:12 (from which ׳י‎ sends blessings).

b. in price, goodly, valuable: of the estimation put upon house, beast, and tithe Leviticus 27:10 (twice in verse); 27:12, 14, 33 (H); profit Proverbs 31:18; hire Ecclesiastes 4:9; הטבים מחמדי‎ Joel 4:5 my goodly precious things.

5 good, appropriate, becoming, אשׁר טוב‎ Ecclesiastes 7:18 (compare 5:4 below); נחלה עם חכמה טובה‎ 7:11 wisdom is good with an inheritance (other transitive see in VB); "" יָפֶה‎ 5:17; with עֵצָה‎ 2 Samuel 17:7, 14 good advice; פתר טוב‎ Genesis 40:16 (E) that he interpreted well; הדבר טוב‎ (לא‎) Exodus 18:17 (E) the thing is (not) good, wise, so Deuteronomy 1:14; 1 Samuel 26:16; (ה)דבר טוב‎ the word is good, is well said 9:10; 1 Kings 2:38, 42; 18:24; 2 Kings 20:19 = Isaiah 39:8, for which abbreviated טוב‎ well! good! exclamation Ruth 3:13; 1 Samuel 20:7; 2 Samuel 3:13; 1 Kings 2:18; followed by כּי‎ it is good that 2 Samuel 18:3; Ruth 2:22; Lamentations 3:27; Job 10:3 (compare 13:9 2e); with infinitive Genesis 2:18 (J), Psalm 73:28; 92:2; 147:1; Proverbs 25:27 (compare below

10); with וְ‎ (strangely) וגו וְיָחִיל ׳טוֺב‎ Lamentations 3:26 it is good that one wait (see יָחִיל דּוּמָם,‎); טוב לא נֶפֶשׁ דעת בלא‎ Proverbs 19:2 that a soul be without knowledge is not good.

6 with מִן‎ comparative = better, followed by infinitive Genesis 29:19 (E), Exodus 14:12 (J), Psalm 118:8; 118:9; Proverbs 16:19; 25:7; Ecclesiastes 6:9; 7:2; infinitive omitted Proverbs 21:9, 19; 25:24; מן‎ omitted Numbers 14:3 (J; comparative only implied); with מן‎ person Judges 15:2; Ruth 4:15; 1 Samuel 1:8; 9:2; 15:28; 1 Kings 2:32; 19:4; 2 Chronicles 21:13; Proverbs 12:9; 16:32; 19:1, 22; 27:10; 28:6; Lamentations 4:9; Esther 1:19; Ecclesiastes 4:3, 9, 13; 6:3; 7:5, 8; with מן‎ of thing Judges 8:2; 1 Samuel 15:22; 2 Samuel 17:14; 1 Kings 21:2; 2 Kings 5:12; Hosea 2:9; Amos 6:2; Isaiah 56:5; Jonah 4:3, 8; Psalm 37:16; 63:4; 84:11; 119:72; Proverbs 3:14; 8:11, 19; 15:16-17, 16:8, 16; 17:1; 22:1; 27:5; Song of Solomon 1:2; Ecclesiastes 4:6; 7:1, 3, 8, 10; 9:4, 16, 18; followed by -מִשֶּׁ‎ 5:4; אִם ֗֗֗ הֲ ֗֗֗ מַהטּֿוֺב‎ is it better ... or ? Judges 9:2; אוֺ ֗֗֗ הֲטוב‎ 18:19; אין‎ -שֶׁ טוב‎ Ecclesiastes 2:24 (read -מִשֶּׁ‎ see Commentaries); מאשׁר טוב אין‎ 3:22; אִם כִי טוב אין‎ 3:12; 8:15; so 1 Samuel 27:1 ᵐ5‎ We Dr Klo Kit Bu (ᵑ0‎ only כי‎ with Imperfect)

7 of man's sensuous nature, glad, happy, prosperous: לב טוב‎ merry, glad heart Proverbs 15:15; Esther 5:9; Ecclesiastes 9:7; לב טוֺבֵי‎ 1 Kings 8:65 2 Chronicles 7:10; וַנּהיה טובים‎ Jeremiah 44:17 we were prosperous; similarly Psalm 112:5.

8 of man's intellectual nature, טוֺב שֵׂכֶל‎ good understanding2 Chronicles 30:22; Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 3:4; 13:15; שֶׂכֶל טוֺבַת‎ 1 Samuel 25:3.

9 good, kind, benign:

a. of men, themselves 1 Samuel 25:15; 2 Samuel 18:27; 2 Chronicles 10:7; the eye Proverbs 22:9; טובים דברים‎ kind words 1 Kings 12:7 2 Chronicles 10:7.

b. of God, himself Nahum 1:7; 2 Chronicles 30:18; Psalm 86:5; טוב כי‎ for he is good, kind 34:9; 100:5; 135:3; Jeremiah 33:11; חסדוֺ לעולם כי טוב כי‎ 1 Chronicles 16:34; 2 Chronicles 5:13; 7:3; Ezra 3:11; Psalm 106:1; 107:1; 118:1; 118:29; 136:1; לְ טוב‎ kind to 73:1; 145:9; Lamentations 3:25; על (ה)טובה יד‎ Ezra 7:9; 8:18; Nehemiah 2:8, 18; (ה)טובה רוחךָ‎ 9:20; Psalm 143:10; טוב כי שׁמךָ‎ Psalm 52:11; Psalm 54:8; חסדךָ טוב כּי‎ 69:17; 109:21; הטוב(יםׅ הדבר(ים)‎ the good, kind word(s) spoken in promise Joshua 21:43; 23:14-15, (D), 1 Kings 8:56; Jeremiah 29:10; 33:14; Zechariah 1:13.

10 good (ethical), right: טוב מה‎ "" what Yahweh requires Micah 6:8, "" משׁפט‎ Job 34:4:

a. of man himself "" ישׁר‎ Micah 7:4; טוב אישׁ‎ Proverbs 14:14; (ה)טוב(יםׅ‎ = (the) good2 Chronicles 19:11; Psalm 125:4; Proverbs 2:28; Proverbs 12:2; 13:22; 14:19; 15:3; Ecclesiastes 9:2 (twice in verse); man's deeds דברים‎2 Chronicles 2:12; 19:3; מעשׂה‎ 1 Samuel 19:4; Ecclesiastes 12:14; מעללים‎ Ezekiel 36:31; והישׂרה הטובה דֶּרֶךְ‎ 1 Samuel 12:23 the good and right way; (ה)טוב(הׅ (הַ)דֶּרֶךְ‎ (the) good way 1 Kings 8:36 2 Chronicles 6:27; Isaiah 65:2; Jeremiah 6:16; Psalm 36:5; Proverbs 16:29; ונכחים טובים דבריךָ‎ 2 Samuel 15:3 good and right is thy case; טוב דבר‎ good thing 1 Kings 14:13; הדבר טוב לא‎ Nehemiah 5:9; עשׂה טוב לא אשׂר‎ Ezekiel 18:18; so of מרמה מאזני‎ etc., Proverbs 20:23; טוב לא‎c. infinitive (see

5 it is not good or right to: לצדּיק ענושׁ‎ Proverbs 17:26; שׂאת רשׁע פני‎ 18:5; פנים הכּר‎ 28:21; 24:23 (טוב בל‎).

b. of God ומטיב אתה טוב‎ Psalm 119:68; יהוה וישׁר טוב‎ 25:8; טובים משׁפטיך‎ 119:39; his commands מצות‎ Nehemiah 9:13; חקים‎ Ezekiel 20:25 (טובים לא‎); טוב לקח‎ Proverbs 4:2; והטוב הרעות תצא לא עליון מפי‎ Lamentations 3:38.

III. טוֺב‎ noun masculine^{Jeremiah 17:6} (compare טוֺבָה‎

noun feminine) a good thing. benefit, welfare: — ׳ט‎ Genesis 26:29 134t.; —

1 welfare, prosperity, happiness: "" שָׁלוֺם‎ Isaiah 52:7; Jeremiah 8:15; 14:19; רע ואם טוב אם‎ 42:6 whether prosperity or adversity; טוב יבוא‎ 17:6 prosperity cometh; בט ׳שׂמח‎ Deuteronomy 26:11; 2 Chronicles 6:41; בט ׳ראה‎ Ecclesiastes 2:1; Jeremiah 29:32; object of ראה‎ Psalm 4:7; 34:13; Ecclesiastes 2:24; 3:13; Job 7:7; of דרשׁ‎ Esther 10:3; of בקשׁ‎ Psalm 122:9; מנע‎ 84:12; Jeremiah 5:25; נתן‎ Psalm 85:13; קוה‎ Job 30:26; מצא‎ Proverbs 16:20; 17:20; 18:22; 19:8; נחל‎ 28:10; חסר‎ Psalm 34:11; בשׂר‎ 1 Kings 1:42; Isaiah 52:7; לט ׳חול‎ Micah 1:12; וט ׳חכמה‎ 1 Kings 10:7; וחסד טוב‎ Psalm 23:6; בטוב‎ in prosperity 25:13; Job 21:13; 36:11; Ecclesiastes 7:14; מטוב‎ because of prosperity Zechariah 1:17; afar from happiness Psalm 39:3; כטוב‎ Hosea 10:1; לטוב‎ Deuteronomy 30:9; Jeremiah 15:11; לָנוּ לטוב‎ Deuteronomy 6:24 for good to us, = for our good, 10:13 (לְךָ‎), Jeremiah 32:39 (לָהֶם‎; compare ל לרע‎ 7:6; 25:7).

2 good things, (collective) ׳ט ברכ(ו)ת‎ blessing of good things Psalm 21:4; Proverbs 24:25; ט ׳בָתֵּיהֶם מִלֵּא‎ Job 22:18 filled their houses with good things; object of שׂבע‎ Job 104:28; Proverbs 12:14; מלא‎ Psalm 107:9; אכל‎ Proverbs 13:2; Isaiah 55:2; לקח‎ Hosea 14:3; בט ׳השׂביע‎ Psalm 103:5; goods, possessions 1 Samuel 15:9.

3 good = benefit: וְלֹארָֿע טוֺב גְּמָלַתְהוּ‎ Proverbs 31:12 she doeth him good and not evil; אַךְטֿוֺב צַדִּיקִים תַּאֲוַת‎ 11:23 the desire of the righteous is only good; object of קבּל‎ Job 2:10; מנע‎ Proverbs 3:27; שׁחר‎ 11:27; שׁלּם‎ 13:21; עשׂה‎ Genesis 26:29 (J), Psalm 119:65; היטיב‎ Numbers 10:32 (J); לט ׳ערב‎ Psalm 119:122; ט ׳חֹרְשֵׁי‎ Proverbs 14:22 who devise good.

4 moral good, ורע טוב ידע‎ Genesis 2:9, 17; 3:5, 22 (J), Deuteronomy 1:39; לרע טוב בין‎ 2 Samuel 19:36; in antithesis with רע‎ elsewhere Deuteronomy 30:15; 2 Samuel 14:17; 1 Kings 3:9; Isaiah 5:20 (twice in verse); 7:15-16, Amos 5:14-15, Micah 3:2; Psalm 34:15; 37:27; 52:5; ט ׳זנח‎ Hosea 8:3 cast off good; טוֺב עשׂה‎ do good Psalm 14:1; 14:3 = 53:2; 53:4; 37:3; Ecclesiastes 7:20, in 3:12 this meaning seems less fitting; read perhaps ט ׳לִרְאוֺת‎ (Gr, see also De) and tr. to

1; ט ׳רדף‎ Psalm 38:21 pursue good; ׳מַעְגַּלטֿ‎ Proverbs 2:9 path of good.

טוֺבָה‎ noun feminine welfare, benefit, good things, good; — absolute ׳ט‎ Deuteronomy 28:11 54t.; construct טוֺבַת‎ Psalm 106:5; suffix טוֺבָתִי‎ 16:2 etc. + 4 t. suffixes; plural טוֺבוֺת‎ Jeremiah 12:6; טֹבוֺת‎ 2 Kings 25:28; Jeremiah 52:32; suffix טוֺבֹתָיו‎ Nehemiah 6:19; —

1 welfare, prosperity, happiness: "" שׁלום‎ Deuteronomy 23:7; Jeremiah 33:9; Ezra 9:12; Lamentations 3:17; טובה יוֺם‎ Ecclesiastes 7:14 day of prosperity; בַּלעָֿלָיךָ טוֺבָתִי‎ Psalm 16:2 is not my welfare dependent upon thee? ט ׳תְּבוֺאָֽתְךָ‎ Job 22:21 prosperity shall come to thee; לטובה‎ Genesis 50:20 (E), Deuteronomy 28:11; 30:9; 2 Chronicles 18:7; Jeremiah 14:11; לטובה ולא לרעה‎ Amos 9:4; Jeremiah 21:10; 39:16; 44:27; object of verb בקּשׁ‎ Nehemiah 2:10; הביא‎ Jeremiah 32:42; ראה‎ Job 9:25; Ecclesiastes 5:17; 6:6; אבּד‎ 9:18; בט ׳ראה‎ Psalm 106:5; מט ׳חסר‎ Ecclesiastes 4:8; object of אכל‎ figurative Job 21:25 = taste happiness; of שׂבע‎ Ecclesiastes 6:3; after על נחם‎ Jeremiah 18:10.

2 good things (collective):

a. of good words, object of דבּר‎ 1 Samuel 25:30; 2 Samuel 7:28 = 1 Chronicles 17:26; Jeremiah 18:20; plural טובות דבּר‎ 12:6; 52:32 = 2 Kings 25:28.

b. of material possessions הט ׳ברבות‎ Ecclesiastes 5:10 when good things increase.

3 bounty, good טוֺבָתֶ֑ךָ שְׁנַת‎ Psalm 65:12 year of thy bounty (harvest bestowed by God), so also טובתך‎ 68:11; ׳(ה)ט עשׂה‎ Exodus 18:9 (E), Numbers 24:13 (JE), Judges 8:35; 9:16; 1 Samuel 24:19; 2 Samuel 2:6; 1 Kings 8:66 2 Chronicles 7:10; 24:16; Jeremiah 33:9; object of נמל‎ 1 Samuel 24:18; שׁלּם‎ 24:20; טובה תחת רעה‎ Genesis 44:4 (J), 1 Samuel 25:21; Psalm 35:12; 38:21; 109:5; Proverbs 17:13; Jeremiah 18:20; ׳ט קללה תחת‎ 2 Samuel 16:12; לט לי ׳זכר‎ remember it for me for good Nehemiah 5:19; 13:31; לטובה‎ Ezra 8:22; Nehemiah 2:18; Jeremiah 24:5-6, Psalm 86:17; plural טוֺבֹתָיו‎ Nehemiah 6:19 his benefits (i.e. good deeds of Tobiah).