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title: טְאֵב — be good · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: טְאֵב (lemma:טְאֵב), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: be good. BDB 1906: vb. be good. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טְאֵב

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«טְאֵב» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **be good** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:טְאֵב · **BDB:** טְאֵב

### Glosses

it.was.good (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be good [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5d0_5b5_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be good [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5d0_5b5_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be good (𝔗 Syriac, v. BH טוֹב);— Pf. 3 ms. ט׳, c. עַל pers. Dn 6:24 it was good to him = he was glad (cf. בְּאֵשׁ v 15).

### Jastrow 1903

טְאֵב: to be bright, good, well to feel well, be happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5d0_5b5_5d1/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (= h. טוֹב) to be bright, good, well.—ט׳ על, ט׳ ל־ to feel well, be happy. Dan. IV, 24.—Targ. I Sam. XVI, 23 (ed. Wil. טָב).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טְאֵב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5d0_5b5_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.24/)

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בֵּאדַ֣יִן מַלְכָּ֗א שַׂגִּיא֙ טְאֵ֣ב עֲל֔וֹהִי וּלְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל אֲמַ֖ר לְהַנְסָקָ֣ה מִן־גֻּבָּ֑א וְהֻסַּ֨ק דָּנִיֵּ֜אל מִן־גֻּבָּ֗א וְכָל־חֲבָל֙ לָא־הִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח בֵּ֔הּ דִּ֖י הֵימִ֥ן בֵּאלָהֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* then the king exceedingly it.was.good to him and (et) Daniel he.said to take.up from the den and he.was.taken.up Daniel from the den and any hurt not it.was.found on him that he.had.trusted in God his

*JPS 1917:* Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.

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