2 Samuel 19:18:72 Sam.19.18.W7TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:19
הַטּ֖וֹב
hatov
“the good”
- Transliteration
- ha-TOV
- Extended
- hah-TOHV
- IPA
- /hatˈtˤoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the good
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-TOV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-a-SOT ha-TOV
- clause
ve-a-ve-RA ha-a-va-RA la-a-VIR et-BEIT ha-ME-lekh ve-la-a-SOT ha-TOV be-e-NO
- sentence
ve-a-ve-RA ha-a-va-RA la-a-VIR et-BEIT ha-ME-lekh ve-la-a-SOT ha-TOV be-e-NO be-e-NAV
Exegesis
The paired infinitive ve-laʿasot {וְלַעֲשֹׂת | wə-la-ʿă-śôt} ‘and to do’ links with hatov {הַטּוֹב | ha-ṭôḇ} ‘the good’ to express a secondary purpose.
Root and etymology
t-v-b
“good, pleasant”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:18
And a ferry went over to bring over the king’s household and to do what was good in his eyes . And Shimei son of Gera fell before the king as he crossed the Jordan.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 19:18, so the Hebrew word הַטּ֖וֹב (hatov) 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.19.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.18.W7.S1) and character.