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What does ‘good’ mean? There is no divine dictionary of the Bible, so we’d have to look around. The scholar John Day, in From Creation to Babel: Studies in Genesis 1–11, points to Judges 15:2, which uses the same word for ‘good’ as is used in Genesis 1.

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Jessica Trésor

Apr 19, 2020·1 min read

This explanation of “tov” (“good”) falls in line with fertility to:

(The word “tov” which is translated as “good” forces us to confront the definition of “good.” What is it? The root of the Hebrew word “tov” is tet-bet, which means to prepare something to receive. The classic example is “hatavat haneirot,” preparing the wicks of the candles/lamps in the Temple to be lit by the Kohen. When G-d saw that what He created was prepared and suitable to fullfil the purpose for which it was created, He said about it “ki tov,” that it was “good.” If something isn’t able to fulfill some purpose of creation, it is “rah” whose root word means unstable, with no sense of future and continuity. It has no basis for existence, and is doomed to extinction.)

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