Job 13:9:1Job.13.9.W1TAB

הֲ֭טוֹב

hatov

Is it good

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

Meaning by language

English
Is it good

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Result
הֲ֭ + טוֹב
ha + tov
hatov

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
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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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ha-TOV

  2. clause

    ha-TOV KI-yakh-KOR et-KHEM

  3. sentence

    ha-TOV KI-yakh-KOR et-KHEM IM-ke-ha-TEL be-e-NOSH te-ha-TEL-lu VO

Exegesis

The verse employs two parallel rhetorical questions introduced by the interrogative term hatov {הֲטוֹב | hă-ṭôb} ‘is it good’, setting an evaluative tone.

Root and etymology

t-v-bTet–Vav–Bet

good, beneficial

In contextJob 13:9

Is it good that He examines you? Or, as one deceives a mortal , will you deceive Him?

About this coordinate

Job 13:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 13:9, so the Hebrew word הֲ֭טוֹב (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 Job.13.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.9.W1.S1) and character.