[HANASHIR:16267] Re: Kol Tuv

[Sholom Simon <sholom...>]

One more data point:

I've noticed in benchers, for Birkat Hamazon, that most Orthodox benchers
have the following phrase:

"...v'rachamim v'cha-yim v'sholom v'chol tov, umikol tuv l'olom al
y'chasraynu"

And that Conservative ones seem to have:

"...v'rachamim v'cha-yim v'sholom v'chol tov, umikol tov l'olom al
y'chasraynu"

I once asked somebody why the tov/tuv difference, and was told that the
"tov/tuv" differences between "adj-adv/noun" is Classical Hebrew, and that
modern Hebrew uses tov all the time.

I pass this on without vouching for any accuracy!

-- Sholom



> On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Marge Eiseman/Andy Muchin wrote:
>
>> Kol means "everything" and Tuv is a Yiddishized "Tov" which means
>> good.
>
> "Tuv" has nothing to do with Yiddish; it's plain
> Hebrew!
>
> The word for "good" has the following forms in Hebrew:
>
> - Adjective : Tov (masculine), Tovah (feminine) = Good
> - Adverb : Heiteiv = Well
> - Noun : Tuv = Goodness, Tovah = favour
>
> So "Kol Tuv" means the same thing as "All the best" in
> English.
>
> Kol Tuv!
>
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-- 
Sholom Simon


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