Proverbs 16:29:7Prov.16.29.W7TAB
לֹא־טֽוֹב׃
lotov
“not good”
- Transliteration
- LO-toV
- Extended
- LOH-tohv
- IPA
- /loː.ˈtˤoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- not good
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LO-toV
- phraseyour reading level
be-DE-rekh LO-toV
- clause
ve-ho-li-KHO be-DE-rekh LO-toV
- sentence
ISH kha-MAS ye-fat-TE re-E-HU ve-ho-li-KHO be-DE-rekh LO-toV
Exegesis
Finally, the prepositional phrase bederekh lo-tov {בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ לֹא־טֽוֹב | bə-ḏe-reḵ lō-ṭôv} ‘in a way not good’ frames the moral outcome. This sequential progression from subject to paired verbs to adverbial result emphasizes the deliberate misdirection of the violent person.
Root and etymology
t-w-btaw–waw–beth
“good, pleasant”
In context — Proverbs 16:29
A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him in a path that is not good.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 16:29, so the Hebrew word לֹא־טֽוֹב׃ (lotov) 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 Prov.16.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.29.W7.S1) and character.