2 Samuel 17:7:42 Sam.17.7.W4TAB
לֹֽא־טוֹבָ֧ה
lotova
“not good”
- Transliteration
- lo-to-VA
- Extended
- loh-toh-VAA
- IPA
- /loː.tˤoːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not good
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
lo-to-VA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-to-VA ha-e-TSA
- clause
lo-to-VA ha-e-TSA a-sher-ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel bap-PA-am ha-ZOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM lo-to-VA ha-e-TSA a-sher-ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel bap-PA-am ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The negative particle lo {לֹֽא־ | lō} ‘not’ precedes the adjective tovah {טוֹבָ֧ה | ṭō-vāh} ‘good,’ rejecting the counsel.
Root and etymology
t-v-btet–vav–bet
“good, beneficial”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:7
And Hushai said to Absalom, “The advice Ahithophel has offered on this occasion is not good.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 17:7, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־טוֹבָ֧ה (lotova) 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.17.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.7.W4.S1) and character.