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ṭbh, ṭbtˀ (ṭāḇā, ṭāḇṯā) n.f. goodness, good thing
1
goodness, the Good
Common Aramaic
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .24↗ הו טבתא יבעה̇‏ : he is seeking the good ; H 1039:5↗ ˀtˀ tyrdt krnytˀ lḥṭrˀ qm wˁbd ṭbtˀ lmth : general PN came to Hatra and arose and did the Good for his land ; 11QtgJob 16.4=30:15↗ כ]ר̇וח טבתי ו^ר^ב^ו^ת̇י‏ : [MT: כָּרוּחַ נְדִבָתִי] ; TgO Gen44:4↗ לְמָא שַלֵמיתוּן בִשתָא חֲלָף טָבְתָא‏ : why did you repay good with evil? ; TN Gen44:4↗ text not cited
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plural tant. :
(1)
good food, wholesome fruits
Qumran, Syr
4Q537 5:1↗ ותכלון פריה וכל טבתה‏ ; P Ezra9:12↗ ܕܬܬܥܫܢܘܢ ܘܬܐܟܠܘܢ ܛܒ̈ܬܗ݀ ܕܐܪܥܐ‏
(2)
virtues, benignity
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Is63:7↗ טָבוָתָא דַיוי אְנָא מַדכַר‏
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charity
Syr
LG 3:10(1)↗ ܕܥܵܒܕܼܝܢ ܛܵܒ̈ܵܬܵܐ ܡܸܢ ܢܸܟ̈ܣܲܝܗܘ݂ܢ‏ : who perform charitable acts from their property
(3)
good things, good acts
OA, JLAtg, LJLA
Sf.1.c5↗ lṭbt[ˀ] yˁbd[ ̇̇̇̇] šmšˀ [lb]yt m[[̇ : so that he might do good things (under?/before?) the Sun for the house of RN ; TgO Deut7:10var.↗ וֻמשַלֵים לְסָנְאוֹהִי טָבוָן"טבן" דִאִינוּן עָבְדִין קְדָמוֹהִי בְחַיֵיהוֹן‏ ; PJ Gen26:28↗ בזכותך הוות לן כל טבתא‏ : all the good things happened to us through your merit
(1)
covenant stipulations or relations
OA, OfAMesop, JLAtg
Sf.1.c19↗ ˀhld mn mlwh ˀw ˀhpk ṭbtˀ wˀšṁ [l]lḥyt : I shall remove some of his words or I shall change the proper treaty stipulations into improper ones ; Sf.2.b2↗ ˁdyˀ wṭbtˀ z[y] ˁbdw ˀlhn : the treaty and stipulations that the gods made ; TAD A1.1.8↗ וטבתה עבדך נצר‏ : your servant is maintaining his stipulations ; TgO Deut23:7↗ לָא תִתבַע שְלָמְהוֹן וְטָבָתְהוֹן כֹל יוֹמָך לְעָלַם‏ : you shall not seek their wellbeing and their alliances all you days forever
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ܛܵܒ̈ܵܬܵܐ ܕܠܸܒܿܵܐ : happiness
Syr
P Is65:14↗ ܗܐ ܥܒ̈ܕܝ ܢܫܒܚܘܢ ܡܢ ܛܒ̈ܬܐ ܕܠܒܗܘܢ‏ : my servants will sing praises from their happy state
(4)
goods
OA, Qumran
BarRak.1.15↗ whtnˀbw | ˀḥy | mlky ˀ | lkl | mh | ṭbt | byty : my fellow kings lusted after all the good things of my palace ; GenApoc 21.3↗ כול נכסיא וטבתא‏ ; GenApoc 22.11↗ כול די שבוא וכול די בזו וכול טבתהון‏
3
לְטָבָא : for good, positively (=MT לְטֹבָה)
OfAEg, JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ Jer21:10↗ אֲרֵי חָל רוּגזִי בְקַרתָא הָדָא לְבִישָא וְלָא לְטָבָא‏ ; TN Deut28:11↗ וישייר יתכון ייי אלהכון לטבתה"לטב"<לט>בה" בפירי וולד מיעיכון‏ ; PJ Num10:9↗ ויעול דוכרנכון לטבא קדם ייי אלקכון‏
(1)
לטבתא
JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
TgJ Jer24:5var.↗ text not cited ; TN Deut28:11↗ text not cited ; PJ Gen44:21↗ ואשוי עינוי לטבתא עלוי‏ : that I might place my! eyes upon him beneficially
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as a substantive, only plural in Syriac: ܛܵܒ̈ܵܬܵܐ‏; in JLA, LJLA the pls. of טבתא and טבותא are often confused
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 512[269]DJPA: 219bDrower/Macuch: 172aJ. Payne-Smith: 166Levy Ch-W: 1:292Tal Sam: 304DNWSI: 416DCPA[Schulthess]: 144[73]Qumran: 94

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