TOVA is the female form of the Hebrew word for 'good', and is directly translated to, ‘working as intended’. God first used this word in the Bible to describe things within creation. The root word, TOV, in the Hebrew language is also used to describe something that contains the potential for life, and things that produce new life, just as we are called to be disciple makers and to share the living Word of the Lord with others so they can bear fruit of their own. To the Lord, this is tov.