יְטַב
yᵉṭab · yet-ab'
{to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3190 (יָטַב)
{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: seem good.
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 יְטַב 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall seem good1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra1
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.