טוֹב ṭôwb — to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Translated in the KJV as be better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, goodly, × please, (be, do, go, play) well.
a primitive root,; to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense.
ṭôwb in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 6Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 3Participle (active) 2Imperative 1Infinitive construct 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›