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yāṭav יָטַב ‘be good’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

yāṭav v
1) to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to be glad, be joyful
  1a2) to be well placed
  1a3) to be well for, be well with, go well with
  1a4) to be pleasing, be pleasing to
 1b) (Hiphil)
  1b1) to make glad, rejoice
  1b2) to do good to, deal well with
  1b3) to do well, do thoroughly
  1b4) to make a thing good or right or beautiful
  1b5) to do well, do right

Mentioned in Genesis 32:10, 12:16, 45:16, 12:13, 4:7, 40:14, 32:13, 34:18, 41:37 Exodus 30:7, 1:20 Codex Leviticus 5:4, 10:19, 10:20 Numbers 10:29, 10:32 Deuteronomy 5:16, 6:3, 6:18, 8:16, 30:5, 28:63, 27:8, 4:40, 19:18, 1:23, 12:25, 12:28, 5:28, 9:21, 18:17, 22:7, 13:15, 17:4, 5:29 Joshua 24:20, 22:33, 22:30 Judges 19:6, 19:9, 19:22, 17:13, 18:20 1 Samuel 20:13, 25:31, 24:5, 16:17, 18:5, 2:32 2 Samuel 18:4, 3:36 1 Kings 1:47, 3:10, 21:7 2 Kings 9:30, 25:24, 11:18 Isaiah 41:23, 1:17, 23:16 Jeremiah 35:15, 2:33, 4:22, 40:9, 32:40, 10:5, 7:5, 18:11, 1:12, 26:13, 38:20, 42:6, 7:3, 7:23, 18:10, 13:23 Hosea 10:1 Jonah 4:9, 4:4 Micah 2:7, 7:3 Nahum 3:8 Zephaniah 1:12 Zechariah 8:15 Psalms 36:4, 51:20, 49:19, 33:3, 69:32 Proverbs 15:2, 30:29, 17:22, 15:13 Job 24:21 Ruth 3:10, 3:7, 3:1 Ecclesiastes 11:9, 7:3 Esther 5:14, 2:9, 2:4, 1:21 Nehemiah 2:5, 2:6

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