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# 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4315/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

(מֵיטָב): the best [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4315/#m2)

**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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4315.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4315/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).