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title: טוֹבָה — welfare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טוֹבָה (lemma:טוֹבָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 64 times: welfare. BDB 1906: n.f. welfare, benefit, good things, good. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טוֹבָה

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«טוֹבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **welfare** — 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:** 64 times · **Key:** lemma:טוֹבָה · **BDB:** טוֹבָה

### Glosses

good (52); good.things (3); goodness (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

welfare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5d5_5b9_5d1_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. welfare, benefit, good things, good [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5d5_5b9_5d1_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. welfare, benefit, good things, good;—abs. ט׳ Dt 28:11 + 54 times; cstr. טוֹבַת ψ 106:5; sf. טוֹבָתִי ψ 16:2 etc. + 4 times sfs.; pl. טוֹבוֹת Je 12:6; טֹבוֹת 2 K 25:28; Je 52:32; sf. טוֹבֹתָיו Ne 6:19;— welfare, prosperity, happiness: ‖ שׁלום Dt 23:7; Je 33:9; Ezr 9:12; La 3:17; יוֹם טובה Ec 7:14 day of prosperity; טוֹבָתִי בַּל־עָלֶיךָ ψ 16:2 is not my welfare dependent upon thee? תְּבוֹאָֽתְךָ ט׳ Jb 22:21 prosperity shall come to thee; לטובה Gn 50:20 (E), Dt 28:11; 30:9; 2 Ch 18:7 Je 14:11; לרעה ולא לטובה Am 9:4; Je 21:10; 39:16; 44:27; obj. of vb. בקּשׁ Ne 2:10; הביא Je 32:42; ראה Jb 9:25; Ec 5:17; 6:6; אבּד Ec 9:18; ראה בט׳ ψ 106:5; חסר מט׳ Ec 4:8; obj. of אכל fig. Jb 21:25 = taste happiness; of שׂבע Ec 6:3; after נחם על Je 18:10. good things (coll.): of good words, obj. of דבּר 1 S 25:30 2 S 7:28 = 1 Ch 17:26, Je 18:20; pl. דבּר טובות Je 12:6; 52:32 = 2 K 25:28. of material possessions ברבות הט׳ Ec 5:10 when good things increase. bounty, good שְׁנַת טוֹבָחֶ֑ךָ ψ 65:12 year of thy bounty (harvest bestowed by God), so also טובתך ψ 68:11; עשׂה (ה)ט׳ Ex 18:9 (E), Nu 24:13 (JE), Ju 8:35; 9:16 1 S 24:19; 2 S 2:6; 1 K 8:66 = 2 Ch 7:10, 2 Ch 24:16; Je 33:9; obj. of גמל 1 S 24:18; שׁלּם 1 S 24:20; רעה תחת טובה Gn 44:4 (J), 1 S 25:21 ψ 35:12; 38:21; 109:5 Pr 17:13; Je 18:20; ט׳ תחת קללה 2 S 16:12; זכר לי לט׳ remember it for me for good Ne 5:19; 13:31; לטובה Ezr 8:22; Ne 2:18; Je 24:5, 6 ψ 86:17; pl. טוֹבֹתָיו Ne 6:19 his benefits (i.e. good deeds of Tobiah).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 62 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טוֹבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5d5_5b9_5d1_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.17/)

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וַתִּזְנַ֧ח מִשָּׁל֛וֹם נַפְשִׁ֖י נָשִׁ֥יתִי טוֹבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.has.excluded from peace self my I.have.forgotten good

*JPS 1917:* And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.

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[Psalms 35:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.35.12/)

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יְשַׁלְּמ֣וּנִי רָ֭עָה תַּ֥חַת טוֹבָ֗ה שְׁכ֣וֹל לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* they repay.me harm in.place.of good bereavement \[belongs\].to self my

*JPS 1917:* They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.

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