יָטַבyâṭab

be good, well, glad, pleasing

Pronunciation: yaw-tab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3190

Meanings

Qal

1. be glad, joyful (Judges 18:20; Judges 19:6; Judges 19:9)

2. be well placed (Nahum 3:8)

3. be well for or with, go well with, impersonal with לְ (Genesis 12:13; Genesis 40:14; Deuteronomy 4:40)

4. be pleasing (Genesis 34:18; Genesis 41:37; Genesis 45:16)

Hiph`il

1. make glad, rejoice (Judges 19:22; Proverbs 15:13; Ecclesiastes 11:9)

2. do good to, deal well (Exodus 1:20; Joshua 24:20; Genesis 12:16)

3. do well or thoroughly (Deuteronomy 5:25; Deuteronomy 18:17; Micah 7:3)

4. make a thing good, right, beautiful (2 Kings 9:30; Exodus 30:7; Hosea 10:1)

5. do well, right

b. not elsewhere in this sense (Psalms 119:68; Jonah 4:4; Jonah 4:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 117 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 4:7 You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”
  • Genesis 12:13 So please tell them you are my sister. Then they will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you.”
  • Genesis 12:16 Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her—sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
  • Genesis 32:9 Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my grandfather Abraham, and God of my father, Isaac—O Lord, you told me, ‘Return to your own land and to your relatives.’ And you promised me, ‘I will treat you kindly.’
  • Genesis 32:12 But you promised me, ‘I will surely treat you kindly, and I will multiply your descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore—too many to count.’”
  • Genesis 34:18 Hamor and his son Shechem agreed to their proposal.
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