a.
of the several creations,
וירא אלהים כי טֹוב
and God saw that it was good, excellent
Gn 1:
4,
10
,
12
,
18
,
21
,
25
(
P
);
טֹוב מאד כל אשׁר עשׂה והנּה
1:31
(
P
) God saw
all that he had made, and behold it was very excellent
. So
b.
of land, soil,
fruitful, fertile:
ארץ
Ex 3:8 Nu 13:19
(both
J
),
14:7
(
P
),
Dt 1:25
,
35
;
3:25
;
4:21
,
22
;
6:18
;
8:7
,
10
;
9:6
;
11:17 Jos 23:16
(
D
),
Ju 18:9 1 Ch 28:
8;
אדמה
1 K 14:15 Jos 23:1
3,
15
(
D
);
הר
Dt 3:2
5;
חלקה
2 K 3:1
9,
25
;
שׂדה
Ez 17:
8;
נָוֶה
Ez 34:14
;
מרעה
1 Ch 4:40 Ez 34:1
4,
18
.
c.
of vegetation,
choice, fruitful
זֵיתִים
1 S 8:14
;
עץ
2 K 3:1
9,
25 Ez 31:1
6;
שׁמן טוב
2 K 20:13
precious oil
=
Is 39:
2,
ψ 133:2
Ec 7:
1; of seed,
אם שׁניהם טובים
Ec 11:6
whether both of them will be fruitful
.
d.
of animals,
fat
בקר
Gn 18:7
(
J
);
עזים
Gn 27:9
(
J
);
פרות
Gn 41:26
(
E
);
יָרֵךְ
Ez 24:
4.
e.
of minerals,
fine, pure
זהב
Gn 2:12
(
J
),
2 Ch 3:5
,
8
;
כֶּתֶם
La 4:1
; brass
Ezr 8:27
, soldering
Is 41:7
.
4.
good, rich, valuable in estimation:
a.
in quantity,
שׂיבה טובה
good old age
Gn 15:15
(
R
),
25:8
(
P
),
Ju 8:32 1 Ch 29:28
; dowry
Gn 30:20
(
E
; many sons); treasury
Dt 28:12
(from which
י׳
sends blessings).
b.
in price,
goodly, valuable:
of the estimation put upon house, beast, and tithe
Lv 27:10
(×2),
12
,
14
,
33
(
H
); profit
Pr 31:18
; hire
Ec 4:9
;
מחמדי הטבים
Jo 4:5
my goodly precious things
.
5.
good, appropriate, becoming
,
טוב אשׁר
Ec 7:18
(
cf.
5:4
infr
.);
טובה חכמה עם נחלה
Ec 7:11
wisdom is good with an inheritance
(other
trans.
see in
VB
);
||
יָפֶה
Ec 5:1
7;
c.
עֵצָה
2 S 17:
7,
14
good advice;
טוב פתר
Gn 40:16
(
E
) that
he interpreted well;
טוב הדבר
(
לא
)
Ex 18:17
(
E
)
the thing is
(not)
good, wise
, so
Dt 1:14 1 S 26:1
6;
טוב (ה)דבר
the word is good, is well said
1 S 9:10 1 K 2:3
8,
42
;
18:24 2 K 20:19
=
Is 39:
8, for which abbreviated
טוב
well! good!
exclamation
Ru 3:13 1 S 20:7 2 S 3:13 1 K 2:1
8; followed by
כּי
it is good that
2 S 18:3 Ru 2:22 La 3:27 Jb 10:3
(
cf.
13:9
2 e
);
c.
inf.
Gn 2:18
(
J
),
ψ 73:28
;
92:2
;
147:1 Pr 25:27
(
cf.
sub
10
); with
וְ
(strangely)
טֹוב וְיָחִיל וגו׳
La 3:26
it is good that one wait
(
v.
דּוּמָם
,
יָחִיל
);
בלא דעת נֶפֶשׁ לא טוב
Pr 19:2
that a soul be without knowledge is not good
.
6.
c.
מִן
compar. =
better
,
sq. inf.
Gn 29:19
(
E
),
Ex 14:12
(
J
),
ψ 118:8
,
9 Pr 16:1
9;
25:7 Ec 6:
9;
7:2
;
inf.
om.
Pr 21:9
,
19
;
25:24
;
מן
om.
Nu 14:3
(
J
;
compar.
only implied);
c.
מן
pers.
Ju 15:2 Ru 4:15 1 S 1:
8;
9:2
;
15:28 1 K 2:3
2;
19:4 2 Ch 21:13 Pr 12:9
;
16:32
;
19:1
,
22
;
27:10
;
28:6 La 4:9 Est 1:19 Ec 4:
3,
9
,
13
;
6:3
;
7:5
,
8
;
c.
מן
rei
Ju 8:2 1 S 15:22 2 S 17:14 1 K 21:2 2 K 5:12 Ho 2:9 Am 6:2 Is 56:5 Jon 4:3
,
8
ψ 37:16
;
63:4
;
84:11
;
119:72 Pr 3:1
4;
8:11
,
19
;
15:16
,
17
;
16:8
,
16
;
17:1
;
22:1
;
27:5 Ct 1:2 Ec 4:
6;
7:1
,
3
,
8
,
10
;
9:4
,
16
,
18
;
sq.
מִשֶּׁ-
Ec 5:
4;
אִם
הֲ
מַה־טֹּוב
is it better
or?
Ju 9:
2;
אֹו
הֲטוב
18:1
9;
טוב שֶׁ- אין
Ec
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