וַ/יִּיטַב֙
𐤅/𐤉𐤉𐤈𐤁
yâṭab
And it pleased
To be good, pleasant, right, or fitting in quality or action; to act or become beneficial or appropriate. Used of moral, aesthetic, or practical 'goodness'—including being well, pleasing, successful, or proper. In the causative, to make good, improve, or treat well.
Esther 1:21 · Word #1
Lexicon H3190
| Lemma | יָטַב |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤉𐤈𐤁 |
| Transliteration | yâṭab |
| Strong's | H3190 |
| Definition | To be good, pleasant, right, or fitting in quality or action; to act or become beneficial or appropriate. Used of moral, aesthetic, or practical 'goodness'—including being well, pleasing, successful, or proper. In the causative, to make good, improve, or treat well. |
Morphology HC/Vqw3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | And it pleased |
SIBI-P1 Translation H3190-28
and he became good
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem, sequential imperfect (wayyiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal stem expresses the simple action or state of the root "to be good." As a sequential imperfect 3ms, it denotes a past narrative action, rendered here as "and he became good," preserving both verbal aspect and masculine singular morphology. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and it pleased
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | The phrase is an idiom meaning 'it pleased' rather than 'and he became good'; adjusted for natural, correct contextual meaning while preserving the causative nuance of the Hebrew verb. |