מֵיטָב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4315

the best — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

the best tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

(מֵיטָב): the best tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] the best, only cstr. מֵיטַב and as superl.; the best of a thing: מ׳ שָׂדֵהוּ וּמ׳ כַּרְמוֹ Ex 22:4 (JE) the best of his field and the best of his vineyard (choicest fruit); מ׳ הַצֹּאן the best of the sheep 1 S 15:9, 15; בְּמ׳ הָאָרֶץ in the best of the land Gn 47:6, 11 (P).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the best (6).

In the verses

Exodus 22:4 · tree →

כִּ֤י יַבְעֶר־אִישׁ֙ שָׂדֶ֣ה אוֹ־כֶ֔רֶם וְשִׁלַּח֙ אֶת־בְּעִיר֔וֹ וּבִעֵ֖ר בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה אַחֵ֑ר מֵיטַ֥ב שָׂדֵ֛הוּ וּמֵיטַ֥ב כַּרְמ֖וֹ יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ס

Word for word: (dm) he.will.cause.to.be.grazed.over anyone a.field or a.vineyard and he.will.let.go (et) cattle his and it.will.graze in.[the] field of.another.[person] the.best his.field his and the.best his.vineyard his he.will.make.compensation

JPS 1917: If a man cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

Genesis 47:11 · tree →

וַיּוֹשֵׁ֣ב יוֹסֵף֮ אֶת־אָבִ֣יו וְאֶת־אֶחָיו֒ וַיִּתֵּ֨ן לָהֶ֤ם אֲחֻזָּה֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּמֵיטַ֥ב הָאָ֖רֶץ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ רַעְמְסֵ֑ס כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה פַרְעֹֽה׃

Word for word: and he.caused.to.dwell Joseph (et) father his and (et) brothers his and he.gave to them a.possession in the.land of.Egypt in the.best of the.land in the.land of.Rameses just as he.had.commanded Pharaoh

JPS 1917: And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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