Jeremiah 18:20:12Jer.18.20.W12TAB
טוֹבָ֔ה
tova
“good”
- Transliteration
- to-VA
- Extended
- toh-VAA
- IPA
- /tˤoːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- good
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
to-VA
- clause
ze-KHOR a-me-DI le-fa-NE-kha le-da-BER a-le-HEM to-VA le-ha-SHIV et-kha-MAT-kha me-HEM
- sentence
ha-ye-shu-LAM TA-khat-to-VA ra-A KI-kha-RU shu-KHA le-naf-SHI ze-KHOR a-me-DI le-fa-NE-kha le-da-BER a-le-HEM to-VA le-ha-SHIV et-kha-MAT-kha me-HEM
Exegesis
The paired infinitives le-da-ber a-ley-hem tov-ah {לְדַבֵּ֤ר עֲלֵיהֶם טוֹבָ֔ה | lə-da-ḇēr ʿă-lê-hem ṭô-wā} and le-ha-shiv et kha-mat-kha me-hem {לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־חֲמָתְךָ֖ מֵהֶֽם | lə-hā-šîḇ ʾet ḥă-māṯ-kā mê-hem} ‘to speak good concerning them’ and ‘to turn Your wrath away from them’ express purpose and complete the shift from complaint to petition.
Root and etymology
Roottet–waw–bet
“good”
In context — Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before You to speak good concerning them, to turn away Your wrath from them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 18:20, so the Hebrew word טוֹבָ֔ה (tova) 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.18.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.20.W12.S1) and character.