Day 31 of 75 · The Beatitude roots

Ṭ-W-B

tubayhun: fortunate are they

טוביהון · טיבו

ܛܽܘܒ݂ܰܝܗܽܘܢ · ܛܰܝܶܒ݂ܘ

The feel

Ṭ-W-B is the root of goodness. In ṭubayhun Yeshua calls the grieving, the poor, the hungry, and those driven out fortunate, and then says why. The Qala says Fortunate where most translations say blessed, because ṭuba means good fortune and well-being. The same root also means to make ready.

The root family

Form	Pattern	Transliteration	Script	Standard	Qala rendering
ṭuba	noun	ṭuba	טובא ܛܘܒܐ	blessedness	good fortune, well-being
ṭubayhun	noun + suffix, exclamation	ṭubayhun	טוביהון ܛܽܘܒ݂ܰܝܗܽܘܢ	blessed are they	Fortunate are those…
ṭayyeb	doubled-stem verb	ṭayyeb	טיב ܛܰܝܶܒ݂	to prepare	to prepare, to make ready

In the Gospels the verb appears in the Paʿʿel, ṭayyeb, to make ready or prepare (Matthew 26:19, "they prepared the Passover"), while the simple stem appears in the noun ṭuba and the adjective ṭab, good.

In his voice

Matthew 5:3

Fortunate are those poor in Ruha, for the reign of the heavens is theirs.

ṭubayhun l-meskine b-ruḥ, "Fortunate are those poor in Ruha." Ṭubayhun is the first word of all nine Beatitudes, and it declares their good fortune now, before any promise is kept.

Matthew 24:46

Fortunate is that slave whose master finds him doing so when he comes.

ṭubaw l-ʿabda haw, "Fortunate is that slave." The Qala says Fortunate here too, as in other sayings outside the Beatitudes, such as Matthew 16:17 and John 20:29.

Matthew 26:17

On the first day of Unleavened Bread, the students came to Yeshua and asked, "Where do you want us to prepare the Passover for you to eat?"

neṭayyeb, "prepare." The doubled stem of the same root, meaning to make ready. In this family, what is good is also what is set in order and ready.

Practice

Think of someone in a hard place whom you would still call fortunate, and name the reason in one sentence. Then say ṭubayhun, fortunate are they, slowly and aloud.

Connections

Day 15, T-W-B Day 32, M-S-K-N Day 34, ʾ-B-L Day 37, K-P-N Day 38, Ṣ-H-Y ṭuba ṭayyeb

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