2 Kings 20:3:112 Kgs.20.3.W11TAB
וְהַטּ֥וֹב
vehatov
“and the good”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-TOV
- Extended
- veh-hah-TOHV
- IPA
- /vəhatˈtˤoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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-ha-TOV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha
- clause
AN-na ye-ho-VAH ze-KHAR-na ET a-SHER hit-ha-LAKH-te le-fa-NE-kha be-e-MET u-ve-le-VAV sha-LEM ve-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SI-te
- sentence
AN-na ye-ho-VAH ze-KHAR-na ET a-SHER hit-ha-LAKH-te le-fa-NE-kha be-e-MET u-ve-le-VAV sha-LEM ve-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SI-te va-YEV-kh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHI ga-DOL
Exegesis
The phrase ve-ha-tov {וְהַטּוֹב | və-ha-tōv} ‘and the good’ with be-ei-nekha {בְּעֵינֶיךָ | bə-ʿê-nē-khā} ‘in your eyes’ underscores divine evaluation.
In context — 2 Kings 20:3
Please, LORD , call to mind that I have lived in your presence with truth and with an undivided heart, and that I have done what is good in your eyes. Hezekiah wept with great weeping .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 20:3, so the Hebrew word וְהַטּ֥וֹב (vehatov) 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 Kgs.20.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.3.W11.S1) and character.