יָטַב
yâṭab · yaw-tab'
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, [phrase] be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ([phrase] well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, [idiom] very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to surround and contain › the house, what is within
The hand that works that works to surround and contain of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָטַב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
117 occurrences · 117 OT · 0 NT · 86 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- pleased7 · 17%
- well4 · 10%
- do good2 · 5%
- amend2 · 5%
- diligently2 · 5%
- and it shall be well2 · 5%
- be merry2 · 5%
- better2 · 5%
- doest thou well2 · 5%
- to do well2 · 5%
- and he entreated1 · 2%
- should it have been accepted1 · 2%
- it may be well1 · 2%
- and i will deal well1 · 2%
- and if thou doest not well1 · 2%
- when he dresseth1 · 2%
- dealt well1 · 2%
- and it pleased1 · 2%
- was good1 · 2%
- on me when it shall be well1 · 2%
- do thee good1 · 2%
- or to do good1 · 2%
- i will surely1 · 2%
- that, he was content1 · 2%
- thou doest well1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.