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title: טוּב — good things · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טוּב (2898), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: good things. BDB 1906: n.m. good things, goods, goodness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טוּב

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«טוּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **good things** — 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:** 32 times · **Key:** 2898 · **BDB:** טוּב

### Glosses

goodness (9); the.good.thing\[s\] (6); prosperity (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

good things [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2898/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. good things, goods, goodness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2898/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 20:21 good things, goods, goodness;—ט׳ Gn 24:10 + 17 times; sf. טוּבִי Ex 33:19; Je 31:14; טוּבְךָ ψ 25:7 + 4 times; טוּבוֹ Ho 3:5 + 2times; טוּבָהּ Ne 9:36 Je 2:7; טוּבָם Jb 21:16;—not in H P Chr Ez or postex. proph.— good things, coll., produce of the land to be eaten Gn 45:18, 20, 23 (E), Is 1:19; Je 2:7; Ezr 9:12; Ne 9:35, 36, to be enjoyed; good things of י׳ as given by him Ho 3:5; Je 31:12, 14 ψ 27:13; of house of י׳ ψ 65:5, fig. of spiritual blessings. goods, property Gn 24:10 (J), Dt 6:11; 2 K 8:9; Ne 9:25. abstr.: fairness, beauty, of neck of heifer Ho 10:11; of people of י׳ Zc 9:17; of י׳ himself Ex 33:19 (JE). טוּב לב(ב) joy of heart Dt 28:47 Is 65:14 (v. i. טוֹב 2, ii. ט׳ 7). prosperity Jb 20:21; 21:16; of Jerusalem ψ 128:5; בְּטוּב צַדִּיקִים Pr 11:10 in the prosperity of the righteous the city rejoiceth. goodness of taste, discernment ψ 119:66. abstr., goodness of God: in bestowing good things Ne 9:25. in the salvation of his people Is 63:7 ψ 25:7; 145:7. stored up for his saints ψ 31:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טוּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2898/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 1:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.19/)

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אִם־תֹּאב֖וּ וּשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם ט֥וּב הָאָ֖רֶץ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* if you.will.be.willing and you.will.obey the.good.thing\[s\] of the.land you.will.eat

*JPS 1917:* If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land;

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[Psalms 145:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.145.7/)

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זֵ֣כֶר רַב־טוּבְךָ֣ יַבִּ֑יעוּ וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* the.remembrance of.the.greatness your.goodness your they.will.pour.forth and righteousness your they.will.shout.for.joy

*JPS 1917:* They shall utter the fame of Thy great goodness, and shall sing of Thy righteousness.

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