Job 21:13:3Job.21.13.W3TAB
בַטּ֣וֹב
battov
“in the good”
- Transliteration
- bat-TOV
- Extended
- baht-TOHV
- IPA
- /batˈtˤoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the good
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bat-TOV
- clause
yiv-LU ye-khal-LU bat-TOV ye-me-HEM
- sentence
yiv-LU ye-khal-LU bat-TOV ye-me-HEM u-ve-RE-ga she-OL ye-KHA-TU
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase batov yemeihem {בַטּוֹב יְמֵיהֶם | ba-tōv yə-mê-hēm} functions as a temporal circumstance indicating sustained well-being.
Root and etymology
ט־ו־ב
“good; pleasant”
In context — Job 21:13
They spend their days in prosperity , and in a moment they go down to Sheol .
About this coordinate
Job 21:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 21:13, so the Hebrew word בַטּ֣וֹב (battov) 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.21.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.13.W3.S1) and character.