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title: טוֹב — Tob · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טוֹב (2897), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Tob. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טוֹב

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«טוֹב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tob** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 2897 · **BDB:** טוֹב⁴

### Glosses

of.Tob (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tob [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2897/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2897/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (perh. from above √)—a region beyond Jordan, N. or NE. of Gilead, prob. Aramean; אֶרֶץ טוֹב Ju 11:3, 5, 𝔊 Τωβ; אישׁ טוֹב 2 S 10:6, 8 men of Ṭôb, 𝔊 (Ε)ιστωβ; = Τούβιον, Τώβιον 1 Macc 5:13; identif. by ConderHandb. 295 with southern Bashan, where is still Taiyibeh, 12 m. SE. from Sea of Galilee.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1496/2897/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 11:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.5/)

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וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁר־נִלְחֲמ֥וּ בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֖וֹן עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ זִקְנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד לָקַ֥חַת אֶת־יִפְתָּ֖ח מֵאֶ֥רֶץ טֽוֹב׃

*Word for word:* and it.was when they.fought the.people of.Ammon with Israel and they.went the.elders of.Gilead to fetch (et) Jephthah from the.land of.Tob

*JPS 1917:* And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob.

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[Judges 11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.3/)

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וַיִּבְרַ֤ח יִפְתָּח֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י אֶחָ֔יו וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ ט֑וֹב וַיִּֽתְלַקְּט֤וּ אֶל־יִפְתָּח֙ אֲנָשִׁ֣ים רֵיקִ֔ים וַיֵּצְא֖וּ עִמּֽוֹ׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.fled Jephthah from before brothers his and he.dwelt in the.land of.Tob and they.joined.themselves to Jephthah men worthless and they.went.out with him

*JPS 1917:* Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob; and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

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