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STRONGS NUMBER H3190
Transliteration: yatab
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-tab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be good, well, glad, or pleasing
Meaning: to be good, well, glad, or pleasing
Word Summary
yatab: to be good, well, glad, or pleasing
Original Word: יָטַבTransliteration: yatab
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-tab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be good, well, glad, or pleasing
Meaning: to be good, well, glad, or pleasing
Strong's Concordance
be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be make better, seem bestA primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right) -- be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, + be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good((-ness)), be (make) merry, please (+ well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, X very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3190. yatab
[יָטַב] verb be good, well, glad, pleasing (Aramaic יְטַב Zinjirli יטב DHMSendsch. 57) —
Qal (Perfect not in use, see טוֺב
verb) Imperfect יִיטַב Genesis 12:13 34t., יִטַב 1 Samuel 24:5 3t.; תִּיטַב Esther 2:4 2t.; תֵּיטְבִי (incorrect for תִּיטְבִי Ges§ 70 R) Nahum 3:8; plural יִיטְבוּ Genesis 34:18; for Infinitive and Participle see טוֺב —
1 be glad, joyful, לֵב Judges 18:20; 19:6, 9; 1 Kings 21:7; Ruth 3:7; Ecclesiastes 7:3.
2 be well placed, אָמוֺן מִנּאֹ הֲתֵיטְבִי Nahum 3:8 art thou better placed than No of Amon?
3 impersonal with לְ, be well for or with, go well with Genesis 12:13 (J), 40:14 (E), Deuteronomy 4:40; 5:16, 26; 6:3, 18; 12:25, 28; 22:7; 2 Kings 25:24; Ruth 3:1; Jeremiah 7:23; 38:20; 40:9; 42:6.
4 be pleasing בְּעֵינֵי Genesis 34:18 (J), 41:37; 45:16 (E), Deuteronomy 1:23; Leviticus 10:19-20, Joshua 22:30, 33 (P), 1 Samuel 18:5; 24:5; 2 Samuel 3:36; 18:4; 1 Kings 3:10; Esther 1:21; 2:4 (twice in verse); 2:9; with לְ, be pleasing to, Psalm 69:32; with לִפְנֵי (late) Nehemiah 2:5-6, Esther 5:14.
Hiph`il Perfect הֵיטִיב Genesis 12:16; Joshua 24:20; הֵיטִב 1 Samuel 25:31; suffix הֵיטִ֑בְךָ Deuteronomy 30:5; הֵיטַבְתָּ Jeremiah 1:12; הֵיטַבְתְּ Ruth 3:10, etc.; וְהִֵטבֹתִ֫י Ezekiel 36:11 (for הֵיטַבְתִּי as if from טוב Ges§ 70R); Imperfect יֵיטִיב Numbers 10:32 3t.; יֵיטִב Proverbs 15:13 2t.; יְיֵטִיב Job 24:21 (Ges§ 70R); יֵיטֵיב 1 Kings 1:47 (Ges§ 70R); וַיִּ֫יטֶב Exodus 1:20; suffix וִיטִיבְךָ Ecclesiastes 11:9, etc.; Imperative הֵיטִ֫יבָה Psalm 51:20; הֵיטִ֫יבִי Isaiah 23:16, etc.; Infinitive absolute הֵיטֵיב Jeremiah 7:5; 10:5; הֵיטֵב Genesis 32:13 10t.; Infinitive construct הֵיטִיב Leviticus 5:4 7t.; הֵטִיב Jeremiah 32:41; suffix הֵיטִיבִי 32:40, etc.; Participle מֵיטִיב 1 Samuel 16:17; מֵטִיב Psalm 119:68; מֵטִב Ezekiel 33:32, etc.; —
1 make glad, rejoice לֵב Judges 19:22; פנים Proverbs 15:13; the person Ecclesiastes 11:9.
2 do good to, deal well with, a person usually with preposition: with לְ, Exodus 1:20; Joshua 24:20 (both E), Genesis 12:16; Numbers 10:29, 32 (all J), Judges 17:13; 1 Samuel 25:31; Psalm 49:19; 125:4; with עִם, Genesis 32:10; 32:13 (twice in verse); Numbers 10:32 (all J), Micah 2:7; with accusative Deuteronomy 8:16; 28:63; 30:5; 1 Samuel 2:32; Jeremiah 18:10; 32:40-41, Zechariah 8:15; Job 24:21; Psalm 51:20; absolute Ezekiel 36:11; opposed to הֵרַע (in prov. phrase, cannot do good or ill, = cannot do anything at all; test of deity) Zephaniah 1:12; Isaiah 41:23; Jeremiah 10:5.
3 do well or thoroughly: דבּרוּ (כל)אשׁר הֵטִיבוּ they have done well (all) that they have spoken Deuteronomy 5:25; 18:17; להיטיב כפים הרע על Micah 7:3 their hands are upon the evil to do it well,i.e.diligently, thoroughly, literally make (it) good, with play on הרע; especially as auxil. followed by infinitive; ׳היט דעת Proverbs 15:2 = know well; לראות Jeremiah 1:12 see well; (לְ)נַגֵּן play well, skilfully 1 Samuel 16:17; Isaiah 23:16; Ezekiel 33:32; Psalm 33:3; compare participle construct followed by substantive צָ֑עַד מֵטִבֵי Proverbs 30:29 marching well, in a stately manner, so לֶכֶת מֵיטִבֵי 30:29; infinitive absolute הֵיטֵיב as adverb = thoroughly, with verbs: כתת Deuteronomy 9:21, שׁאל 13:15, דרשׁ 17:4; 19:18, באר 27:8, שׁבּר 2 Kings 11:18.
4 make a thing good, right, beautiful: with accusative of thing: the head 2 Kings 9:30; dress, trim: a lamp Exodus 30:7 (P); מַצֵּבוֺת Hosea 10:1; גֵּהָה Proverbs 17:22 a glad heart maketh a good cure; followed by מִן comparative, object שֵׁם 1 Kings 1:47 ( = make it more glorious then); חֶסֶד Ruth 3:10; followed by דֶּרֶךְ = course of life or action Jeremiah 2:33 (in order to win love); amend one's ways and doings 7:3; 18:11; 26:13; 35:15; אתדֿ תֵּיטִיבוּ ׳הֵיטֵיב 7:5.
5 do well, right, ethically, absolute:
a. of men, Genesis 4:7 (twice in verse) (J), Leviticus 5:4 (P), Psalm 36:4; Isaiah 1:17; Jeremiah 4:22; 13:23.
b. of God, מֵטִיב טוֺב good and doing good Psalm 119:68; so infinitive absolute as adverb לך חָרָה הַהֵיטֵב Jonah 4:4, 9 art thou rightly angry ? followed by לי 4:9. In אֶלאָֿבִי כִּייֵֿיטִב 1 Samuel 20:13 verb is apparently intransitive, =
Qal, if it be pleasing unto my father, but
Hiph`il not elsewhere in this sense; point rather יִיטַב; on this and on following אֶתֿ see We Dr.