Isaiah 39:2:12Isa.39.2.W12TAB

הַטּ֗וֹב

hatov

the good

Transliteration
ha-TOV
Extended
hah-TOHV
IPA
/hatˈtˤoːv/

Meaning by language

English
the good

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Result
הַ + טּ֗וֹב
ha + tov
hatov

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
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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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-TOV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ET ha-SHE-men ha-TOV

  3. clause

    va-yis-MA-kh a-le-HEM khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yar-EM et-BET ne-kho-TO et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM ve-ET ha-SHE-men ha-TOV ve-ET kal-BET ke-LAV ve-ET kal-a-SHER nim-tsa be-o-tse-ro-TAV

  4. sentence

    va-yis-MA-kh a-le-HEM khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yar-EM et-BET ne-kho-TO et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM ve-ET ha-SHE-men ha-TOV ve-ET kal-BET ke-LAV ve-ET kal-a-SHER nim-tsa be-o-tse-ro-TAV lo-ha-YA da-VAR a-SHER lo-her-AM khiz-ki-YA-hu be-ve-TO u-ve-khal-mem-shal-TO

Exegesis

The repeated wəʾet {וְאֶת־ | wəʾet} underscores accumulation, climaxing in hattôb haššēmen {הַטּ֗וֹב הַשֶּׁמֶן | hattôb haššēmen} ‘the good oil,’ which highlights quality.

In contextIsaiah 39:2

Hezekiah was pleased with them and showed them the house of his precious things , the silver, the gold, the spices, and the good oil, along with all the house of his armor, and everything in his treasuries; nothing in his house or in all his dominion was withheld from them.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 39:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Isaiah 39:2, so the Hebrew word הַטּ֗וֹב (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 Isa.39.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.39.2.W12.S1) and character.