Ṭ W B names goodness as a present state of real well being. In ṭubwayhun, those Yeshua names are flourishing even amid grief, poverty, hunger, and persecution: like a plant alive at the root whatever the weather. The same root means to make ready, as when students prepare a Passover room.
| Form | Pattern | Transliteration | Script | Standard | Qala rendering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ṭuba | noun | ṭuba | טובא ܛܘܒܐ | blessedness | flourishing, well-being |
| ṭubwayhun | noun + suffix, exclamation | ṭubwayhun | טוביהון ܛܽܘܒ݂ܰܝܗܽܘܢ | blessed are they | Flourishing are those… |
| ṭayyeb | doubled-stem verb | ṭayyeb | טיב ܛܰܝܶܒ݂ | to prepare | to prepare, to make ready |
| Stem | Form | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| Pʿal (simple) | — | not attested in this corpus: the simple stem lives in the noun ṭuba and the adjective ṭab, "good" |
| Ethpʿel (simple passive) | — | not attested |
| Paʿʿel (intensive) | ṭayyeb | to make ready, to prepare: the corpus verb (Mt 26:19 "they prepared the Passover") |
| Ethpaʿʿal (intensive passive) | — | "to be made ready", a regular formation, but not attested in this corpus |
| Aphʿel (causative) | — | not attested |
| Ettaphʿal (causative passive) | — | not attested |
| Shaphʿel (rare causative) | — | not attested |
Sit for two minutes. Find one part of your life that is genuinely well, though unfinished. Picture its roots holding water beneath changing weather. Say ṭubwayhun slowly, naming what is already true.
Say ṭubwayhun slowly: name present flourishing, alive at the root.