Judges 15:2:12Judg.15.2.W12TAB
טוֹבָ֣ה
tova
“better”
- Transliteration
- to-VA
- Extended
- toh-VAA
- IPA
- /toːˈvɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- better
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
to-VA
- phraseyour reading level
to-VA mim-me-NA
- clause
ha-LO a-KHO-ta ha-ke-ta-NA to-VA mim-me-NA te-HI-na le-KHA ta-khe-TE-ha
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-VI-ha a-MOR a-MAR-te KI-sa-NO se-ne-TA va-et-te-NE-na le-me-RE-kha ha-LO a-KHO-ta ha-ke-ta-NA to-VA mim-me-NA te-HI-na le-KHA ta-khe-TE-ha
Exegesis
frames a rhetorical question using the comparative ṭōvāh {טוֹבָה | ṭōvāh} and the phrase mimmēnnāh {מִמֶּ֔נָּה | mimmēnnāh} “than her.”
In context — Judges 15:2
Her father said, “I truly said , ‘I was sure you hated her,’ so I gave her to your companion. Is her younger sister not preferable to her? Please let her be yours instead.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 15:2, so the Hebrew word טוֹבָ֣ה (tova) 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 Judg.15.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.2.W12.S1) and character.