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yṭb (a/a) vb. to be good, go well
GDCDtCt
Gpəˁalto be good, go well2 senses▶
1
to be good, go well
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, LJLA
TgO Gen12:13↗ בְדִיל דְיִיטַב לִי בְדִילִיך‏ : so that it will go well for me on your account ; TN Ex9:16↗ מן בגלל דייטב לך‏ : so that it will be good for you ; PJ Deut12:25↗ לא תיכלוניה מן בגלל דייטב לכון ולבניכון בתריכון‏ : do not eat of it so that it will be good for you and your children after you
2
to be pleasing
BAEzra
Ezra 7:18↗ וּמָה דִי עֲלָךְ וְעַל־אֶחָךְ יֵיטַב בִּשְׁאָר כַּסְפָּא וְדַהֲבָה לְמֶעְבַּד‏ : whatever pleases you and your colleagues to do with the remainder of the silver and gold
Dpaˁˁelto make good1 sense▶
to make good
Sam
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to prepare properly
Man
MandAmulet 1:167 ↗ ḏhrbẖ šlipa uskinẖ miṭba uqmanẖ mlia : whose sword is drawn and whose dagger is prepared and whose bow is full ; MandAmulet 16:b5 ↗ hrbak šlipa usikinak miaṭba : your sword is drawn and your dagger is prepared
Cˀafˁelto do good2 senses▶
1
to do good
JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, LJLA
TgO Gen12:16↗ text not cited ; TgO Num10:32↗ טָבָא הַהוּא דְיוֹטֵיב יוי עִמַנָא‏ : that good that the Lord will do with us ; TN Gen12:16↗ ולאברם אייטב"אוטב" מן בגללה‏ : he did good to Abram because of her ; CPA Psalms124:4↗ ܐܝܛܒ ܡܪܐ ܠܗܠܝܢ ܠܛ̈ܒܝܐ ܘܠܗܠܝܢ ܕܫܦ̈ܝܢ ܒܠܒܗܘܢ‏ : do good, Lord, to the good ones and those pure in their heart
2
to make good, improve
OA, JLAtg, PTA, JBAmb, LJLA
BarRak.1.12↗ wˀḥzt | byt | ˀby | whyṭbth | mn | byt | ḥd | mlkn rbrbn : I took over my father's palace and made it better than a palace of any one of the great kings ; TgO Gen4:7↗ אִם תוֹטִיב עוּבָדָך יִשתְבֵיק לָך‏ : if you improve your behavior you will be forgiven ; GT B Gen4:7↗ הֲלָא אֶין תַּיְיטֵיב עוֹבָדֵיךְ בְּעָלְמָה הָדֶין‏ ; HS 3019 1:1↗ ואם ציתתון ומרח[קתון] מ̊וט٠ב‏ : if you listen and expel, it is good † ; PJ Gen4:7↗ אם תייטיב עובדך ישתביק לך חובך‏
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lbb : to please, satisfy someone
OfAEg
TAD B2.9 R.8↗ הוטבתם לבבן באלך נכסיא וטיב לבבן‏ : you have acted to satisfy us as regards this property and we are satisfied
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be good (or Gt?)1 sense▶
to be good (or Gt?)
Sam
SamTgJ Gen12:13↗ לבדיל יתיטב לי בדיליך‏ : so that it may go well for me on your account ; SamTgJ Ex(1)20:17↗ לבדיל יתיטב לון ולבניון לעלם‏
Ctˀettafˁalto be helped1 sense▶
to be helped
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Jonah2:9↗ דְמֵאֲתַר דְמִתוֹטַב לְהוֹן לֵית אִנוּן יָדְעִין‏ : who do not know whence they are helped
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JLAtg, LJLA C both אֹוטֵיב and אֵיטִיב (for which see s.v. ṭwb vb.!; PTA occasional Hebraizing form: היטיב
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See also s.v. ṭyb adj.
ṭwb vb. Tal takes the T-stem to be Gt in Samaritan, but there seems to be no certain evidence. We suspect Dt makes better sense of the examples.
The Ct Syriac example is treated here by Sok/LS2, but should be seen rather as if from ˀṭb, i.e., the alternate form of the C stem of ṭˀb.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 572[301]DJPA: 239bJastrow: 576Drower/Macuch: NALevy Ch-W: 1:333Tal Sam: 341bDCPA[Schulthess]: 161[82]

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