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# טָב

Biblical Aramaic

**good** — used 2 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

good [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b8_5d1/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

טָב: adj. good [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b8_5d1/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. good;—abs. ט׳ Dn 2:32 pure gold; = pleasing to (עַל pers.) Ezr 5:17 (cf. 6:18, BH טוֹב 5).

### Jastrow 1903

טוֹב: Pa. Af. to do good, to favor [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b8_5d1/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** Pa. טַיֵּיב, Af. אָטֵיב to do good, to favor. Targ. Y. I Ex. XXIII, 2 למְטַיְּיבָא; Y. II למֵיטְבָא. V. יְטַב.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (19 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[it is\] good (1); good (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:32](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.32/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.32/#tree)

ה֣וּא צַלְמָ֗א רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ דִּֽי־דְהַ֣ב טָ֔ב חֲד֥וֹהִי וּדְרָע֖וֹהִי דִּ֣י כְסַ֑ף מְע֥וֹהִי וְיַרְכָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֥י נְחָֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* that the image head its \[was\].(diy).of gold good breast(s) its and arms its \[were\].(diy).of silver belli(es) its and loins its \[were\].(diy).of bronze

*JPS 1917:* As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

[Ezra 5:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.17/#tree)

וּכְעַ֞ן הֵ֧ן עַל־מַלְכָּ֣א טָ֗ב יִ֠תְבַּקַּר בְּבֵ֨ית גִּנְזַיָּ֜א דִּי־מַלְכָּ֣א תַמָּה֮ דִּ֣י בְּבָבֶל֒ הֵ֣ן אִיתַ֗י דִּֽי־מִן־כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֙ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵ֔ם לְמִבְנֵ֛א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ בִּירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּרְע֥וּת מַלְכָּ֛א עַל־דְּנָ֖ה יִשְׁלַ֥ח עֲלֶֽינָא׃ס

*Word for word:* and now if to the king \[it.is\].good let.it.be.searched in the.house of the.treasures (diy).of the king there which \[are\].in Babylon whether there \[is\].that from Cyrus the king it.was.made a.decree to build the.house of.(the) God this in Jerusalem and the.will of the.king concerning this let.him.send to us

*JPS 1917:* Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the king's treasure-house there, which is at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d8_5b8_5d1.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b8_5d1/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).