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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-TOV
- clause
ha-TOV KI-yakh-KOR et-KHEM
- 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 context — Job 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.