יָטַב
ya.tav
“be good”
Definition
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
a primitive root;
- to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be glad, be joyful 1a2) to be well placed 1a3) to be well for, be well with, go well with 1a4) to be pleasing, be pleasing to 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to make glad, rejoice 1b2) to do good to, deal well with 1b3) to do well, do thoroughly 1b4) to make a thing good or right or beautiful 1b5) to do well, do right
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Occurrences
יָטַב appears 102 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,
And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”
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and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”
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