Exodus 18:17:5Exod.18.17.W5TAB
לֹא־טוֹב֙
lotov
“not good”
- Transliteration
- lo-TOV
- Extended
- loh-TOHV
- IPA
- /loːˈtoːv/
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-TOV
- clause
lo-TOV ha-da-VAR a-SHER a-TA o-SEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer kho-TEN mo-SHEH eh-LAV lo-TOV ha-da-VAR a-SHER a-TA o-SEH
Exegesis
The evaluative predicate lo tov {לֹא־טוֹב | lōʾ ṭôv} ‘not good’ combines negation with a predicative adjective, emphasizing the judgment.
Root and etymology
ṭ-w-btet–vav–beth
“good, pleasant”
In context — Exodus 18:17
And Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 18:17, so the Hebrew word לֹא־טוֹב֙ (lotov) 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 Exod.18.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.17.W5.S1) and character.