הֲטָבָה f. (טוב) 1) doing good, esp. a vow to benefit one’s self (or others), opp. הרעה self-abnegation (or harm to others). Shebu. III, 5 דברים שיש בהן הרעה או ה׳ vows in which a self-abnegation or an enjoyment is implied. Ib. 27ᵃ מה ה׳ רשות וכ׳ as well as the vow of enjoyment refers to something religiously indifferent, so &c. Ib. הֲטָבַת אחרים a vow comprising a benefit to others; a. fr. —2) (v. Ex. XXX, 7) preparing, trimming. Yoma 14ᵇ; ib. 33ᵃ; a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 32; Cant. R. to II, 14, a. e. (ref. to היטיבו, Deut. XVIII, 17) ה׳ כהֲטָבַת הנרות a well considered word (which has its effect) like well-trimmed lights; כה׳ הקטורת like the well-prepared frank-incense.