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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

VB Variorum Bible. pers. person, personae.


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