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title: מִבְחָר — choicest · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִבְחָר (4005), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: choicest. BDB 1906: choicest, best. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִבְחָר

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«מִבְחָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **choicest** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 4005 · **BDB:** מִבְחָר

### Glosses

the.choicest (9); \[the\].choicest (1); \[were\].the.choicest (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

choicest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4005/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

choicest, best [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4005/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] (f. Ez 24:5) choicest, best, cstr. מִבְחַר Dt 12:11 + 10 times; sf. מִבְחָרָיו Dn 11:15; vows Dt 12:11; valleys Is 22:7; fir trees Is 37:24; cedars Je 22:7; bones Ez 24:4; sepulchres Gn 23:6 (P); of the flock Ez 24:5; of the Assyrians Ez 23:7; captains Ex 15:4 (E poet.); young men Je 48:15; מבחר וטוב לבנון Ez 31:16 (del. וטוב 𝔊 Co); עַם מִבְחָרָיו Dn 11:15 = his choice troops.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִבְחָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4005/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 24:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.4/)

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אֱסֹ֤ף נְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙ אֵלֶ֔יהָ כָּל־נֵ֥תַח ט֖וֹב יָרֵ֣ךְ וְכָתֵ֑ף מִבְחַ֥ר עֲצָמִ֖ים מַלֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* gather pieces its into it every piece good thigh and shoulder \[the\].choicest of.\[the\].bones fill.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* Gather into it the pieces belonging to it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

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[Isaiah 22:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.7/)

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וַיְהִ֥י מִבְחַר־עֲמָקַ֖יִךְ מָ֣לְאוּ רָ֑כֶב וְהַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים שֹׁ֖ת שָׁ֥תוּ הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the.choicest your.valleys your they.were.full chariotry and the horsemen powerfully.(take.a.stand) they.took.a.stand to the gate

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate,

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