Proverbs 17:13:4Prov.17.13.W4TAB
טוֹבָ֑ה
tova
“goodness or good”
- Transliteration
- to-VA
- Extended
- toh-VAA
- IPA
- /tˤoːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- goodness or 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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The word
Word in context
- word
to-VA
- clause
me-SHIV ra-A TA-khat to-VA
- sentence
me-SHIV ra-A TA-khat to-VA lo-ta-MISH ta-MUSH ra-A mi-BE-to
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase tachat tovah {תַּחַת טוֹבָה | ṯa-ḥaṯ ṯō-ḇāh} ‘instead of good’ establishes an antithesis with ra'ah {רָעָה | rā-‛āh} ‘evil’.
In context — Proverbs 17:13
Whoever returns evil instead of good, evil will not depart from his house.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 17:13, so the Hebrew word טוֹבָ֑ה (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 Prov.17.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.13.W4.S1) and character.