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ṭb (ṭāḇ) adj. good
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good, proper, appropriate
Common Aramaic
Fakh.5↗ tṣlwth | ṭbh : prayer to him [Hadad] is good ; BarRak.1.16↗ by | ṭb : a proper house [i.e., a worthy royal palace] ; Sf.3 a3↗ mh ṭb bˁyny ˀˁbd lhm : I shall do to them whatever seems proper to me ; P Ju11:25↗ ܡܛܒ ܛܒ ܐܢܬ ܡܢ ܒܠܩ‏ ; BT Yev 118b(38)↗ טב למיתב טן דו מלמיתב ארמלו‏ : it is preferable (for a woman) to dwell in matrimony than to dwell in an unmarried state
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as a substantive:
Common Aramaic
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the Good
BT Ber 60b(58)↗ כל מה דעביד רחמנא לטב‏ : everything which the Merciful One does is for good
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good thing
SamTgJ Gen24:10↗ וכל טב רבה‏ ; PJ Gen31:24↗ דילמא תמליל עם יעקב מן טב ועד ביש‏ : lest you speak anything from good to bad with Jacob
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good person
OS MtCur5:45↗ ܗܘ ܕܡܕܢܚ ܫܡܫܗ ܥܠ ܛ̈ܒܐ ܘܥܠ ܒܝ̈ܫܐ܂ ܘܡܚܬ ܡܛܪܗ ܥܠ ܟܐ̈ܢܐ ܘܥܠ ܥ̈ܘܠܐ‏ : the one who makes the sun shine upon good people and on bad people and the rain fall upon the just and the unjust ; BT Ber 29a(7)↗ טבא לא הוי בישא‏ : a good person does not become a bad one
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bṭb, lṭb : (to be remembered) for good deeds(?)
Palmyrene, Nabatean, Hatran, ParthMidAr
PAT1712:1.1↗ dkyr ˁwydˀ bṭb ; Biˀr al-Ḥammamat↗ šlm ˀwšˀlbˁly br zydw bṭb ; H 303:.1↗ dkyr ymlẏk lṭb ; Assour20..2↗ dkyr mṭly ̇̇̇ br ˀsrd[yn] bṭb ; Assour29.k.1↗ dkyr bsry lṭb
2
precious, valuable, of worth
Gal, PTA, Syr
VR 813:1(1)↗ וטבה היא כלום‏ : so is it worth anything? ; PTPea 15.d:49[2]↗ ואת שלחת לי מילה דטבא חד פולר‏ : you sent me something worth single folarion ; TN Gen2:12↗ ואבניא טבתה ומרגליתא‏ : the precious stones and gems ; BHNom 257:9↗ ܐܢ ܚܕ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܚܕ ܙܘܙܐ ܛܵܒ ܗܘܐ‏ : if one of them was worth one zuz
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ranking individual : see s.v. ṭb qrtˀ
Gal, Syr
3
(heart, mind) happy, feeling good
Syr
P Sirach 30:16↗ ܘܠܝܬ ܚܕܘܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܠܒܐ ܛܒܐ‏ : there is no happiness like a happy heart (or: good mood?)
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adv.: very, much
CPA, Syr, JBA, Man
Lag(374) John8:55↗ ܐܠܐ ܡܟܪ ܐܢܐ ܠܗ ܘܡܠܬ݁ܗ ܐܢܐ ܛܒ ܢܛܪ‏ : but I know Him and keep His word very well ; Rechts2 56:12 ܣܓ̈ܝܐܐ ܕܝܢ ܘܛܒ ܣܓܝ̈ܐܝܢ ܗܢ݁ܘܢ ܐܪ̈ܥܢܝܐ‏ : those earthly things, however, are many, very many ; P Gn12:14↗ ܕܫܦܝܪܐ ܗܝ ܛܒ‏ : that she was very beautiful ; P Mt4:8↗ ܛܘ݂ܪܵܐ ܕ݁ܛܵܒ݂ ܪܵܡ‏ : a very high mountain ; BT Git 14b(7)↗ טב רמו ל׳‏ : strike him very much ; GY 197:14↗ ham ṭaba lahimlia urgaz ṭaba ḏlargizlẖ : he became much hotter than ever and became much more angry than ever
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most, maximally
Syr
HippAp 5(1)↗ ܟܪ̈ܣܬܐ ܒܣܬܘܐ ܘܒܬܐܕܐܐ ܛܒ ܚܡܝ̈ܡܢ ܟܝܢܐܝܬ܂ ܘܫܢܬܐ ܛܒ ܐܪܝܟܐ‏ : in the winter and spring bowels are most warm and sleep is most long
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for kd ṭb, see s.v. kd
Syr
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ܛܒ ܡܢ : more than, better
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen29:19↗ טָב דְאִיתֵין יָתַה לָך מִדְאַתֵין יָתַה לִגבַר אוּחרָן‏ : better that I give her to you than I give her to another man ; LG 1:5(2)↗ ܕܢܸܪܚܡܸܗ ܠܲܐܠܵܗܵܐ ܛܵܒ ܡܸܢ ܒܪܸܗ‏ : that he love God more than his son ; 1Esdras(3 Ezra) 4:35↗ ܘܗܘ ܫܪܪܐ ܪܒ ܘܚܝܠܬܢ ܛܒ ܡܢ ܟܠ‏ : but the Truth is much greater and stronger than everything ; SinnerSatan1 55↗ ܕܲܚܛܲܝܢܲܢ ܠܵܟ ܛܵܒ ܡܸܢ ܗܵܝ‏ : for we have sinned against You much more than that woman did
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ܛܒ ܛܒ : especially
Syr
Ps-Clem Hom 10.252:7↗ ܘܛܒ ܛܒ ܕܝܢ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܡܝܬܪܝܢ‏ : and especially then those that are excellent
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See also s.v. ṭbh.
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 507[269]DJPA: 219aDJBA: 492aJastrow: 515Drower/Macuch: 172aJ. Payne-Smith: 165fLevy Ch-W: 1:292Tal Sam: 304DNWSI: 415DCPA[Schulthess]: 144[73]BarBahlul: 897:17DJA: 52aQumran: 94

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