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Genesis 4:7

הֲ לֹוא אִם תֵּיטִיב שְׂאֵת וְ אִם לֹא תֵיטִיב לַ פֶּתַח חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ וְ אֵלֶיךָ תְּשׁוּקָתֹו וְ אַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל בֹּו
Is there not, if you are creating-good,166 an exalted-one?167 And if you are not creating-good, to the Opening is a miss-offering, he-who-lies-stretched-out,168 and toward you is his Desire, and את-yourself is ruling in-himself.`169
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Strong’s #3190, yatab. Hiphil causative to be good, do good. The verb root of tob good. The word “good” is used as a verb/action in Hebrew.