--- title: טוֹב — pleasing · The Tanakh dictionary description: טוֹב (2895), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: pleasing. BDB 1906: vb. pleasing, good. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2895.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ט](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1496.md)‎ / טוֹב‎ # טוֹב «טוֹב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pleasing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 21 times · **Key:** 2895 · **BDB:** טוֹב ### Glosses it.was.good (4); \[is\].good (2); \[was\].good (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) pleasing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2895/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. pleasing, good [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2895/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. pleasing, good (NH id., Hiph.; also deriv.; Arabic طَابَ med. ى be pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet or savoury in taste or odour, be pure and clean, cheerful, happy (Lane); Aramaic ܛܶܐܒ, ܛܳܒ, טְאֵב, טַב, טַיֵּב and especially deriv. glad, joyful; Assyrian ṭâbu, be good, kind, acceptable, joyful, vigorous DlHWB 299)— Pf. טוֹב Nu 11:18 + 32 times; pl. טֹבוּ Nu 24:5 Ct 4:10; (Impf. יִיטַב from יָטַב); Inf. abs. טוֹב Ju 11:25; cstr. טוֹב Je 32:39 + 6 times, כְּטוֹב Ju 16:25 Qr (Kt כי טוב); Pt. טוֹב Ju 11:25 1 S 2:26; (for these forms v. Bö§ 1133, 4 SS s.v.; Ges recognises only Pfs. and fewer of them than above. It is often difficult to decide between vb. and adj.);— be pleasant, delightful, of tents of Jacob Nu 24:5 (JE; poet.); of caresses Ct 4:10 (sq. מִיַּיִן comp.) be glad, joyful טוֹב לֵב Ju 16:25 (Qr), 1 S 25:36 2 S 13:28 Est 1:10 (v. טוּב 2 c). of rank, position, claim: הֲטוֹב טוֹב אתה מבלק Ju 11:25 art thou really better than Balak? טוֹב לְ be well with, good for Nu 11:18 (J), Dt 5:30; 15:16; 19:13; 1 S 16:16, 23; 2 S 14:32 ψ 119:71; 128:2; Je 22:15; so (sc. לוֹ) Is 3:10 it is well (with him); אז טוב Je 22:16 (cf. v 15); טוֹב אֶל־ 1 S 20:12 there is good toward David. be pleasing טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי (v. ii. טוֹב 2 b c f) Nu 24:1 (J) 2 S 3:19, 36; 15:26; 19:38; אִם טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי 1 K 21:2; Je 40:4; Zc 11:12; later usage is אִם טוֹב עַל if it seem good unto (so Assyrian ṭâbu eli, be pleasing unto, DlHWB 300 a), 1 Ch 13:2; Ne 2:5, 7 Est 1:19; 3:9; 5:4, 8; 7:3; 8:5; 9:13 (cf. טוֹב adj.). Pf. 2 ms. הֱטִיבוֹתָ 2 Ch 6:8, הֱטִיבֹתָ 1 K 8:18; 2 K 10:30;—do well, act right, sq. כִּי that 1 K 8:18 thou didst well, that it was in thine heart = 2 Ch 6:8; sq. inf. c. לְ 2 K 10:30 thou hast done well in performing what was right in mine eyes. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «טוֹב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2895/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Numbers 24:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.5/) מַה־טֹּ֥בוּ אֹהָלֶ֖יךָ יַעֲקֹ֑ב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ *Word for word:* how! they.are.good tents your O.Jacob places your.dwelling O.Israel *JPS 1917:* How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel! [Psalms 119:71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.71/) טֽוֹב־לִ֥י כִֽי־עֻנֵּ֑יתִי לְ֝מַ֗עַן אֶלְמַ֥ד חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃ *Word for word:* it.was.good for me (cmp) I.was.afflicted so.that I.may.learn decrees your *JPS 1917:* It is good for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I might learn Thy statutes. - ← previous: [טׇהֳרָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2893.md) - next →: [טוֹב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2896.md) - ↑ back to [ט](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1496.md)