Ezekiel 17:8:2Ezek.17.8.W2TAB

טּ֛וֹב

tov

good

Transliteration
TOV
Extended
TOHV
IPA
/ˈtˤoːv/

Meaning by language

English
good

Alphabet Analysis

Tett — emphatic
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    TOV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-sa-DE TOV

  3. clause

    el-sa-DE TOV el-ma-YIM ra-BIM HI she-tu-LA

  4. sentence

    el-sa-DE TOV el-ma-YIM ra-BIM HI she-tu-LA la-a-SOT a-NAF ve-la-SET PE-ri lih-ye-OT le-GE-fen a-DA-ret

Exegesis

The verse opens with the prepositional phrase el-sadeh tov el-mayim rabbim {אֶל־שָׂ֥דֶה טּ֛וֹב אֶל־מַ֥יִם רַבִּ֖ים | ʾel-sā-deh ṭōv ʾel-ma-yim ra-ḇim} ‘to a good field and to abundant waters,’ which establishes an irrigated planting context.

In contextEzekiel 17:8

She was planted in a good field by many waters , to produce a branch and to bear fruit, and to become a noble vine .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 17:8, so the Hebrew word טּ֛וֹב (tov) 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 Ezek.17.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.8.W2.S1) and character.