ya.tav describes acting beneficially or well, a favorable outcome, and careful or skillful performance.

The occurrences most often show active doing that benefits someone or is carried out well; they also describe matters going well and, in several intensive-form clauses, actions done thoroughly, carefully, or skillfully. A smaller group of Qal clauses concerns a proposal or course of action being viewed positively in the verse’s setting.

1. Act beneficially or do something well · dominant

   Hiphil forms occur where an action is directed toward a person or undertaking: in Exodus 1:20 the APB renders that God “dealt well with the midwives,” and in Genesis 12:16 it says Abram was treated well. The same form appears in commands to amend ways and deeds in Jeremiah 18:11 and Jeremiah 26:13, and in the stated purpose of doing good in Deuteronomy 8:16.

   Exodus 1:20Genesis 12:16Deuteronomy 8:16Jeremiah 18:11Jeremiah 26:13
2. Go well as the result of an action · common

   Qal imperfect forms stand in purpose clauses connected with obedience or prescribed conduct. In Deuteronomy 12:25 the APB renders the result as “it may go well with you and with your children,” while Deuteronomy 5:16 and Deuteronomy 22:7 similarly connect the outcome with commanded conduct.

   Deuteronomy 12:25Deuteronomy 5:16Deuteronomy 6:18Deuteronomy 22:72 Kings 25:24
3. Carry out a task carefully or skillfully · occasional

   Hiphil forms occur with tasks whose manner is specified in the verse. In Deuteronomy 17:4 the APB renders the investigation as being made “carefully,” while Deuteronomy 19:18 renders it “thoroughly”; Isaiah 23:16 describes playing “skillfully.”

   Deuteronomy 17:4Deuteronomy 19:18Deuteronomy 27:8Isaiah 23:16Exodus 30:7
4. A matter viewed positively · occasional

   Several Qal forms occur in clauses about a word, request, advice, or person before an observer. In Deuteronomy 1:23 the APB renders “The word was good in my eyes,” and in Esther 1:21 it says the advice “pleased the king and the princes.” The translation confirms the favorable setting of these clauses, though it does not identify a word-for-word rendering.

   Deuteronomy 1:23Genesis 41:371 Kings 3:10Esther 1:21Esther 2:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB uses expressions such as “dealt well,” “do good,” “go well,” “carefully,” “thoroughly,” and “skillfully.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings show the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.