טוב

טוב • (tov)

1. to do/to be good

From Proto-Semitic *ṭāb- (“good”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒁕𒁍𒌝 (ṭābum) and Arabic طَيِّب (ṭayyib).

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /tˤoːb/, [tˤoːβ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /tˤov/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /tojv/, /toʊv/, /tejv/, /tov/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /tˤøːv/, /tˤeːv/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /tov/

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טוֹב • (tov) m

1. goodness, fairness

טוֹב • (tov) (feminine טוֹבָה, masculine plural טוֹבִים, feminine plural טוֹבוֹת)

1. good, fair, fine
   • Tanach, Genesis 1:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טוֹב׃

     Va-yár' Elohím ki tov.

     and God saw that it was good.

2. kind

• רע (ra)

• → Dutch: tof
• →? German: dufte

טוֹב • (tov)

1. well, good

   Synonym: הֵיטֵב

טוֹב • (tov)

1. ok, right

טוּב • (tuv) m

1. goodness, virtue

• H2896 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible