Lexical Definition

‎טוֹב‎ ṭôwb (tobe) be pleasing ^H:V
a primitive root,

be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, [idiom] please, (be, do, go, play) well.

• to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense

1) to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be pleasant, be delightful
1a2) to be glad, be joyful
1a3) to be better
1a4) to be well with, be good for
1a5) to be pleasing
1b) (Hiphil) to do well, do good, act right, act rightly

See Greek: ἀρέσκω · βούλημα · δοκέω · ἐλεέω · καλῶς · συμφέρω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎טוֺב‎ verb pleasing, good (Late Hebrew id., Hiph`il; also derivatives; Arabic , medial , be pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet or savoury in taste or odour, be pure and clean, cheerful, gleeful (Lane); Aramaic , , ‎טְאֵב‎, ‎טַב‎, ‎טַיֵּב‎ and especially derivatives glad, joyful; Assyrian ‰âbu, be good, kind, acceptable, joyful, vigorous Dl^{HWB 299}) —

Qal Perfect ‎טוֺב‎ Num 11:18 + 32 t.; plural ‎טֹבוּ‎ Num 24:5; Song 4:10 (Imperfect ‎יִיטַב‎ from ‎יָטַב‎); Infinitive absolute ‎טוֺב‎ Judg 11:25 construct ‎טוֺב‎ Jer 32:39 + 6 t., ‎כְּטוֺב‎ Judg 16:25 Qr (Kt ‎כי טוב‎); Participle ‎טוֺב‎ Judg 11:25; 1Sam 2:26 (for these forms see Bö^{§ 1133, 4} SS under the word; Ges recognizes only Perfects and fewer of them than above. It is often difficult to decide between verb and adjective ); —

1. be pleasant, delightful, of tents of Jacob Num 24:5 (J E; poetry); of caresses Song 4:10 (followed by ‎מִיַּיִן‎ compare)

2. be glad, joyful ‎טוֺב לֵב‎ Judg 16:25 (Qr), 1Sam 25:36; 2Sam 13:28; Esth 1:10 (see ‎טוּב‎ 2 c).

3. of rank, position, claim: ‎הֲטוֺב טוֺב אתה מבלק‎ Judg 11:25 art thou really better than Balak?

4. ‎טוֺב לְ‎ be well with, good for Num 11:18 (J), Deut 5:30; Deut 15:16; Deut 19:13; 1Sam 16:16; 1Sam 16:23; 2Sam 14:32; Ps 119:71; Ps 128:2; Jer 22:15 so (that is ‎לוֺ‎) Isa 3:10 it is well (with him); ‎אז טוב‎ Jer 22:16 (compare vJer 22:15); ‎טוֺב אֶלֿ‎ 1Sam 20:12 there is good toward David

5. be pleasing ‎טוֺב בְּעֵינֵי‎ (see II. ‎טוֺב‎ 2 b c f) Num 24:1 (J) 2Sam 3:19; 2Sam 3:36; 2Sam 15:26; 2Sam 19:38* ‎אִם טוֺב בְּעֵינֵי‎ 1Kgs 21:2; Jer 40:4; Jer 40:4; Zech 11:12 later usage is ‎אִם טוֺב עַל‎ if it seem good unto (so Assyrian ‰âbu eli, be pleasing unto, Dl^{HWB 300 a}), 1Chr 13:2; Neh 2:5; Neh 2:7; Esth 1:19; Esth 3:9; Esth 5:4; Esth 5:8; Esth 7:3; Esth 8:5; Esth 9:13 (compare ‎טוֺב‎ adjective ). Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎הֱטִיבוֺתָ‎ 2Chr 6:8, ‎הֱטִיבֹתָ‎ 1Kgs 8:18; 2Kgs 10:30 — do well, act right, followed by ‎כִּי‎ that 1Kgs 8:18 thou didst well, that it was in thine heart = 2Chr 6:8 followed by infinitive with ‎לְ‎ 2Kgs 10:30 thou hast done well in performing what was right in mine eyes.

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