Jeremiah 18:10:9Jer.18.10.W9TAB
עַל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה
alhatova
“concerning the good”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-to-VA
- Extended
- ahl-hah-toh-VAA
- IPA
- /ʕal.hatːoːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- concerning the good
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-to-VA
- clause
ve-ni-kham-TI al-ha-to-VA a-SHER a-MAR-ti le-HEI-tiv o-TO
- sentence
ve-a-SA ha-ra-A ha-RA be-NAI le-vil-TI she-MO-a be-ko-LI ve-ni-kham-TI al-ha-to-VA a-SHER a-MAR-ti le-HEI-tiv o-TO
Exegesis
The phrase alhatovah {עַל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה | ʿal-haṭ-ṭō-ḇāh} ‘concerning the good’ introduces a relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer} ‘that,’ followed by amarti {אָמַ֖רְתִּי | ʾā-mar-tî} ‘I said’ and the Hiphil infinitive lehetiv {לְהֵיטִ֥יב | lə-hê-ṭîḇ} ‘to do good’ + oto {אוֹתֽוֹ | ʾō-ṯō} ‘it.’ This protasis–apodosis structure reflects covenantal causality whereby disobedience triggers divine withdrawal of the promised benefit.
Root and etymology
Roottet–waw–bet
“good”
In context — Jeremiah 18:10
If it does evil in My eyes and will not listen to My voice, then I will relent concerning the good that I said I would do for it.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 18:10, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה (alhatova) 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.18.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.10.W9.S1) and character.