Job 21:25:6Job.21.25.W6TAB
בַּטּוֹבָֽה׃
batova
“of the good or prosperity”
- Transliteration
- ba-to-VA
- Extended
- bah-toh-VAA
- IPA
- /bat.tˤoːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the good or prosperity
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-to-VA
- clause
vi-LO-A-khal ba-to-VA
- sentence
ve-ZEH ya-MUT be-NE-fesh ma-RA vi-LO-A-khal ba-to-VA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba-tovah {בַּטּוּבָֽה | ba-ṭū-ḇāh} ‘in the good’ specifies the sphere of enjoyment that was never realized. This antithetic parallelism between inward bitterness and absent enjoyment heightens the emotional contrast.
Root and etymology
t-v-btet–vav–bet
“good, pleasant”
In context — Job 21:25
Yet another dies with a bitter soul , and has not tasted any good.
About this coordinate
Job 21:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 21:25, so the Hebrew word בַּטּוֹבָֽה׃ (batova) 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.21.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.25.W6.S1) and character.