טוב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 טוב

   TOV

   good
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כי טוב כְּט֣וֹב לִבָּ֔ם

   KI TOV ke-TOV lib-BAM

   that good when good their heart
3. clause🔊 וַֽיְהִי֙ כי טוב כְּט֣וֹב לִבָּ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ קִרְא֥וּ לְשִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן וִישַֽׂחֶק־לָ֑נוּ

   va-ye-HI KI TOV ke-TOV lib-BAM va-yo-ME-ru kir-E-U le-shim-SHON vi-sa-KHEK-la-NU

   and it happened that good when good their heart and they said call to Samson and he will entertain for us
4. sentence🔊 וַֽיְהִי֙ כי טוב כְּט֣וֹב לִבָּ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ קִרְא֥וּ לְשִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן וִישַֽׂחֶק־לָ֑נוּ וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ לְשִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן מִבֵּ֣ית האסירים הָאֲסוּרִ֗ים וַיְצַחֵק֙ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּעֲמִ֥ידוּ אוֹת֖וֹ בֵּ֥ין הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃

   va-ye-HI KI TOV ke-TOV lib-BAM va-yo-ME-ru kir-E-U le-shim-SHON vi-sa-KHEK-la-NU va-yik-re-U le-shim-SHON mib-BET ha-a-si-RIM ha-a-su-RIM va-ytsa-KHEK lif-ne-HEM va-ya-a-mi-DU o-TO BEN ha-am-mu-DIM

   and it happened that good when good their heart and they said call to Samson and he will entertain for us and they called to Samson from {the} house of the prisoners the bound ones and he entertained before them and they made stand him between the pillars

Exegesis

The clause ki-tov libbam {כִּ֤י־טוֹב לִבָּ֔ם | kî-ṭôw libbām} ‘when their heart was good’ functions as a temporal circumstantial clause indicating emotional disposition.