Joshua 22:33:1Josh.22.33.W1TAB

וַיִּיטַ֣ב

vayitav

and it was good

Transliteration
va-yi-TAV
Extended
vah-yee-TAV
IPA
/vaj.jiːˈtav/

Meaning by language

English
and it was good

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Result
וַ + יִּי + טַ֣ב
va + yi + tav
vayitav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tett — emphatic
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-TAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-TAV ha-da-VAR

  3. clause

    va-yi-TAV ha-da-VAR be-ey-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ye-va-ra-KHU e-lo-HIM be-NEI yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    va-yi-TAV ha-da-VAR be-ey-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ye-va-ra-KHU e-lo-HIM be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-LO am-RU la-a-LOT a-lei-HEM la-tsa-VA le-sha-KHET et-ha-A-retz a-SHER be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD yo-shvim BAH

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect wayyitav {וַיִּיטַב | wayyiṭab} ‘and it was good’ followed by the substantive clause ha-davar {הַדָּבָר | ha-dāḇār} ‘the matter.’

In contextJoshua 22:33

And the matter was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God and no longer spoke of going up against them in battle to destroy the land where the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.

About this coordinate

Joshua 22:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 22:33, so the Hebrew word וַיִּיטַ֣ב (vayitav) 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 Josh.22.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.33.W1.S1) and character.