Jeremiah 15:11:6Jer.15.11.W6TAB
לְט֑וֹב
letov
“for good”
- Transliteration
- le-TOV
- Extended
- leh-TOHV
- IPA
- /ləˈṭoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- for good
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-TOV
- clause
a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH im-LO she-ru-TE-kha she-ri-TI-kha le-TOV
- sentence
a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH im-LO she-ru-TE-kha she-ri-TI-kha le-TOV im-LO hif-ga-TI ve-KHA be-ET ra-A u-ve-ET tsa-RA et-ha-o-YEV
Exegesis
In the first clause the Piel perfect sharotekha {שָׁרוּתְךָ | šārūṯəḵā} ‘I have loosened you’ and the Hiphil perfect sheriticha {שֵֽׁרִיתִ֖יךָ | šērîṯîḵā} ‘I have released you’ are modified by the purpose phrase le-tov {לְטוֹב | lə-ṭōḇ} ‘for good’.
In context — Jeremiah 15:11
The LORD said, "Surely I will set you free ; surely I will cause the enemy to plead with you in the time of evil and in the time of distress."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 15:11, so the Hebrew word לְט֑וֹב (letov) 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 Jer.15.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.11.W6.S1) and character.