Genesis 16:6:8Gen.16.6.W8TAB
הַטּ֣וֹב
hatov
“what is good”
- Transliteration
- ha-TOV
- Extended
- hah-TOHV
- IPA
- /hat.ˈtoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is 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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Word in context
- word
ha-TOV
- phraseyour reading level
ha-TOV be-e-NA-yikh
- clause
va-YO-mer av-RAM el-sa-RAI hin-NE shif-kha-TEKH be-ya-DEKH a-si-LAH ha-TOV be-e-NA-yikh
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-RAM el-sa-RAI hin-NE shif-kha-TEKH be-ya-DEKH a-si-LAH ha-TOV be-e-NA-yikh va-te-a-NE-ha sa-RAI va-tiv-RAKH mip-pa-NE-ha
Exegesis
The command ʿăśî-lāh {עֲשִׂי־לָהּ | ʿăśî-lāh} ‘do to her’ with the qualitative clause haṭṭôv bēʿênāyikh {הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינָיִךְ | ha-ṭṭôv bēʿênāyēkh} ‘what is good in your eyes’ forms a directive subordinated to Sarai’s judgment.
Root and etymology
RootTaw Waw Bet
“to be good, beneficial”
In context — Genesis 16:6
And Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your slave-woman is in your hand; do to her what is good in your eyes.” Then Sarai afflicted her, and Hagar fled from her presence.
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 16:6, so the Hebrew word הַטּ֣וֹב (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 Gen.16.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.6.W8.S1) and character.