יָטַב yâṭab — to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Translated in the KJV as be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content, diligent, dress, earnestly.
a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right).
yâṭab in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 18Infinitive absolute 13Infinitive construct 11Perfect (qatal) 7Imperative 7Sequential perfect (weqatal) 4Participle (active) 4Wayyiqtol 2Jussive 2Cohortative 1
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 25Wayyiqtol 17Jussive 1
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
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 ›