2 Samuel 16:12:92 Sam.16.12.W9TAB
טוֹבָ֔ה
tova
“goodness”
- Transliteration
- to-VA
- Extended
- toh-VAA
- IPA
- /toːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- goodness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-VA
- clause
ve-he-SHIV ye-ho-VAH LI to-VA TA-khat kil-la-TO ha-YOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
u-LAI yir-EH ye-ho-VAH be-o-NI be-e-NI ve-he-SHIV ye-ho-VAH LI to-VA TA-khat kil-la-TO ha-YOM ha-ZEH
Exegesis
The noun pair tovah tachat kil’lato {טוֹבָ֔ה תַּ֥חַת קִלְלָת֖וֹ | ṭō-wāh ṯa-ḥat qiḷ-lā-ṯô} uses tachat ‘instead of’ to express substitution.
Root and etymology
ṭ-w-b
“good, pleasant”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:12
Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and restore good to me instead of his curse today.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 16:12, so the Hebrew word טוֹבָ֔ה (tova) 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 Sam.16.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.12.W9.S1) and character.