to.vah denotes what brings beneficial results, including favorable treatment, well-being, and good qualities in persons or things.

The term most often marks a beneficial outcome or favorable action, especially where it is set against harm or evil and where God is said to do or promise what benefits people. It also describes a condition of well-being or enjoyment, and more occasionally qualifies particular things, words, figs, or deeds as good.

1. Beneficial outcome or favorable action · dominant

   The feminine singular absolute form occurs in contrasts between harm or evil and a beneficial result: in Genesis 50:20 the APB renders God's purpose as preserving many alive, while in Jeremiah 21:10 it renders the city's opposite prospects as harm rather than good. It also marks promised or performed benefit, as in Jeremiah 32:42, where all the promised good follows great disaster, and 1 Samuel 24:19, where repayment is requested for David's action.

   Genesis 50:20Jeremiah 21:10Jeremiah 32:421 Samuel 24:19Exodus 18:9Jeremiah 24:6
2. Well-being, prosperity, or enjoyment · common

   In construct and absolute forms, the term appears with the condition people seek, receive, lack, or enjoy. Psalm 106:5 uses a feminine singular construct form in the request to see the chosen people's well-being; Job 21:25 describes someone who has never tasted prosperity, and Ecclesiastes 6:6 speaks of living long yet enjoying no good.

   Psalm 106:5Job 21:25Ecclesiastes 6:6Ecclesiastes 4:8Deuteronomy 30:9Ezra 8:22
3. Favorable quality of things, words, or deeds · occasional

   The form can qualify a specified item or act as favorable in character. In 1 Chronicles 17:26 the APB renders the clause about what God spoke concerning his servant as “this good thing”; Jeremiah 24:5 compares the exiles to “these good figs”; and Nehemiah 6:19 has a feminine plural construct form in the report of Tobijah's good deeds.

   1 Chronicles 17:26Jeremiah 24:5Nehemiah 6:192 Chronicles 24:162 Samuel 7:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the surrounding clauses with “good,” “prosperity,” and well-being language, particularly in contrasts with harm, evil, disaster, or distress. These renderings confirm the verse-level contexts rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every occurrence.