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title: טָב — good · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: טָב (lemma:טָב), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: good. BDB 1906: adj. good. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָב

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«טָב» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **good** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:טָב · **BDB:** טָב

### Glosses

\[it.is\].good (1); good (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

good [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b8_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. good [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b8_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. good;—abs. ט׳ Dn 2:32 pure gold; = pleasing to (עַל pers.) Ezr 5:17 (cf. 6:18, BH טוֹב 5).

### Jastrow 1903

טוֹב: Pa. Af. to do good, to favor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b8_5d1/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** Pa. טַיֵּיב, Af. אָטֵיב to do good, to favor. Targ. Y. I Ex. XXIII, 2 למְטַיְּיבָא; Y. II למֵיטְבָא. V. יְטַב.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (19 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b8_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.32/)

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ה֣וּא צַלְמָ֗א רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ דִּֽי־דְהַ֣ב טָ֔ב חֲד֥וֹהִי וּדְרָע֖וֹהִי דִּ֣י כְסַ֑ף מְע֥וֹהִי וְיַרְכָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֥י נְחָֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* that the image head its \[was\].(diy).of gold good breast(s) its and arms its \[were\].(diy).of silver belli(es) its and loins its \[were\].(diy).of bronze

*JPS 1917:* As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

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[Ezra 5:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.17/)

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וּכְעַ֞ן הֵ֧ן עַל־מַלְכָּ֣א טָ֗ב יִ֠תְבַּקַּר בְּבֵ֨ית גִּנְזַיָּ֜א דִּי־מַלְכָּ֣א תַמָּה֮ דִּ֣י בְּבָבֶל֒ הֵ֣ן אִיתַ֗י דִּֽי־מִן־כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֙ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵ֔ם לְמִבְנֵ֛א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ בִּירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּרְע֥וּת מַלְכָּ֛א עַל־דְּנָ֖ה יִשְׁלַ֥ח עֲלֶֽינָא׃ס

*Word for word:* and now if to the king \[it.is\].good let.it.be.searched in the.house of the.treasures (diy).of the king there which \[are\].in Babylon whether there \[is\].that from Cyrus the king it.was.made a.decree to build the.house of.(the) God this in Jerusalem and the.will of the.king concerning this let.him.send to us

*JPS 1917:* Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the king's treasure-house there, which is at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.'

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