2 Samuel 19:38:82 Sam.19.38.W8TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:39
אֶת־הַטּ֖וֹב
ethatov
“the good”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-TOV
- Extended
- eht-hah-TOHV
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hatˈtˤoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the good
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-ha-TOV
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh i-TI ya-a-VOR kim-HA-m va-a-NI e-e-SE-LLO et-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha ve-KHOL a-SHER-tiv-KHAR a-LAI e-e-SE-LLAKH
Exegesis
The particle ʾēt {אֵת | ʾēt} marks haṭṭôb {הַטּוֹב | haṭṭôb} ‘the good’ as a substantive, and the idiom beʿênêkā {בְּעֵינֶיךָ | bəʿê-nê-kā} ‘in your eyes’ signifies personal preference.
Root and etymology
ט־ו־בṭet–vav–bet
“good, pleasant”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:38
And the king said, “Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your eyes. Whatever you choose for me to do, I will do for you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:38:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 19:38, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַטּ֖וֹב (ethatov) 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.19.38.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.38.W8.S1) and character.