1 Samuel 15:22:131 Sam.15.22.W13TAB
ט֔וֹב
tov
“better”
- Transliteration
- TOV
- Extended
- TOHV
- IPA
- /ˈtˤoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- better
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
TOV
- phraseyour reading level
mi-ZE-vakh TOV
- clause
hi-NE she-MO-a mi-ZE-vakh TOV le-hak-SHIV me-KHE-lev E-lim
- sentence
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL ha-KHE-fets la-ye-ho-VAH be-o-LOT u-ze-va-KHIM ki-she-MO-a be-KOL ye-ho-VAH hi-NE she-MO-a mi-ZE-vakh TOV le-hak-SHIV me-KHE-lev E-lim
Exegesis
A chiastic parallelism links šə-mō-ʿ mî-zᵉ-baḥ ṭōḇ {שְׁמֹעַ מִזֶּבַח טוֹב} ‘to obey is better than sacrifice’ with lə-haqq-šîḇ mē-ḥē-leḇ ʾē-lîm {לְהַקְשִׁיב מֵחֵלֶב אֵילִים} ‘to heed is better than the fat of rams.’ The min prepositions mî- and mē- form comparative clauses, emphasizing volitional obedience over cultic rites.
Root and etymology
Roottet–vav–bet
“good, best”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams."
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:22:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 15:22, so the Hebrew word ט֔וֹב (tov) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.15.22.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.22.W13.S1) and character.