Original Language Studio
Esther 2:9
“And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3190 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, [phrase] be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ([phrase] well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, [idiom] very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- תִּיטַ֨ב — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 112 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:7Genesis 4:7Genesis 12:13Genesis 12:16Genesis 32:10
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָטַב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.