'Tov' is the original Hebrew word in this passage, which we translate as “good” in English.
Tov (pronounced Tō-v) is a rich and expansive word. It has a deeper meaning than our English “good”. Tov is a celebration of life in all its diversity – birth, death, re-birth, seasons, warmth, cold, the messiness and sexiness of it all. From the very beginning, Being declares that Spirit inhabiting matter is good. Good is the fulfilled and intended state of things. Continue here....
-- Brad Toews
