Numbers 14:7:11Num.14.7.W11TAB
טוֹבָ֥ה
tovah
“good”
- Transliteration
- to-VAH
- Extended
- toh-VAH
- IPA
- /toˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- good
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-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
to-VAH ha-A-retz
- clause
ha-A-retz a-SHER a-VAR-nu BAH la-TUR o-TAH to-VAH ha-A-retz me-OD me-OD
- sentence
va-yo- MER-u el-KOL-a-DAHT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lei-MOR ha-A-retz a-SHER a-VAR-nu BAH la-TUR o-TAH to-VAH ha-A-retz me-OD me-OD
Exegesis
The phrase tovah haaretz meod meod {טוֹבָה הָאָ֖רֶץ מְאֹד מְאֹֽד | ṭôvāh hā-ʾāreṣ mə-ʾōḏ mə-ʾōḏ} utilizes an adjective followed by a doubled adverb, the Hebrew idiom of emphatic doubling, to convey superlative force.
Root and etymology
ט־ו־ב
“to be good”
In context — Numbers 14:7
And they said to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, “The land we passed through to spy out is very good, indeed exceedingly .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 14:7, so the Hebrew word טוֹבָ֥ה (tovah) 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 Num.14.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.7.W11.S1) and character.