Hebrew · H3190, H5869 · unreviewed

וַיִּיטַב בְּעֵינָיו

To be (causative) make well , literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right) · an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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יָטַב H3190 to be (causative) make well , literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)

Pronunciation yāṭab

Moves from physical wholeness to moral/relational goodness; denotes both state and deliberate action toward flourishing.

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עַיִן H5869 an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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What does וַיִּיטַב בְּעֵינָיו (wayyîṭaḇ bĕʿênāyw) mean in the Bible?

יָטַב · עַיִן is a Hebrew word meaning "to be (causative) make well , literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)".

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Meaning

to be (causative) make well , literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 18×

Imperfect 1Sam 24:5 · 2Sam 18:4 · Deut 4:40 · Deut 5:16 · Deut 5:29 · Deut 6:3 · Deut 6:18 · Deut 12:25 · Deut 12:28 · Deut 22:7 · Eccl 7:3 · Gen 12:13 · Gen 40:14 · Jer 7:23 · Jer 42:6 · Neh 2:5 18×

Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 44×

Imperfect 1Sam 2:32 · 1Sam 20:13 · Job 24:21 · Judg 17:13 · Num 10:32 · Prov 15:13 · Prov 17:22 · Zeph 1:12 · Gen 4:7 · Ps 49:19 · Isa 41:23 · Jer 7:5 · Gen 32:13 · Jer 2:33 · Mic 2:7 · Prov 15:2 17×

Infinitive absolute 2Kgs 11:18 · Deut 9:21 · Deut 13:15 · Deut 17:4 · Deut 19:18 · Deut 27:8 · Gen 32:13 · Isa 1:17 · Jer 7:5 · Jer 10:5 · Jonah 4:9 11×

Perfect Deut 5:28 · Deut 18:17 · Hos 10:1 · Gen 12:16 · Josh 24:20 · Jer 1:12 · Ruth 3:10 7×

Participle active 1Sam 16:17 · Judg 19:22 · Prov 30:29 4×

Sequential imperfect Jer 7:3 · Jer 26:13 · Ps 33:3 · Isa 23:16 4×

Jussive 1Kgs 1:47 1×

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 62 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form

Imperfect 36 Infinitive absolute 11 Perfect 7 Participle 4 Imperative 4

Stem

Hiphil 44 Qal 18

Mood

Indicative/jussive 34 Indicative 7 Imperative 4 Jussive 1 Indicative/cohortative 1

OT Occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

Cross-Language Connections

Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.

G137 LXX equivalent Greek

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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