2 Chronicles 18:17:92 Chr.18.17.W9TAB
ט֖וֹב
tov
“good”
- Transliteration
- TOV
- Extended
- TOHV
- IPA
- /ˈtˤoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- good
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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The word
Word in context
- word
TOV
- clause
ha-LO a-MAR-ti e-LE-kha lo-yit-na-BE a-LAI TOV KI im-le-RA
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-LO a-MAR-ti e-LE-kha lo-yit-na-BE a-LAI TOV KI im-le-RA
Exegesis
The negative lo {לֹא־ | lōʼ} precedes the hithpael imperfect yitnabe {יִתְנַבֵּ֥א | yittənaḇbēʼ} ‘he will prophesy’, with tov {ט֖וֹב | ṭôḇ} ‘good’ as the anticipated outcome.
Root and etymology
t-v-btet-vav-bet
“good, pleasant”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:17
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but only evil ?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 18:17, so the Hebrew word ט֖וֹב (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 2 Chr.18.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.17.W9.S1) and character.