1 Samuel 16:23:121 Sam.16.23.W12TAB
וְט֣וֹב
vetov
“and good”
- Transliteration
- ve-TOV
- Extended
- veh-TOHV
- IPA
- /vəˈtˤoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and good
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-TOV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-TOV LO
- clause
ve-ra-VAKH le-sha-UL ve-TOV LO ve-sa-RA me-a-LAV RU-akh ha-ra-A
- sentence
ve-ha-YA bi-he-YOT RU-akh-e-lo-HIM el-sha-UL ve-la-KHAKH da-VID et-ha-ki-NOR ve-ni-GEN be-ya-DO ve-ra-VAKH le-sha-UL ve-TOV LO ve-sa-RA me-a-LAV RU-akh ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The contrast between vetov lo {וְטוֹב לוֹ | wə-ṭōḇ lō} and the adversative vesarah {וְסָרָה | wə-sā-rā} frames the removal of the adversarial hara’ah {הָרָעָה | hā-rā-ʿā}, reinforcing the transition from distress to relief.
Root and etymology
ט-ו-ב
“good, pleasant”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:23
And it happened, whenever the spirit of God was upon Saul, David would take the lyre and play with his hand, and relief came to Saul, and it was good for him; and the evil spirit departed from him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 16:23, so the Hebrew word וְט֣וֹב (vetov) 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.16.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.23.W12.S1) and character.