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title: מֵיטָב — the best · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵיטָב (4315), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: the best. BDB 1906: the best. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵיטָב

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«מֵיטָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **the best** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4315 · **BDB:** (מֵיטָב)

### Glosses

the.best (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵיטָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4315/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 22:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.4/)

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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.

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[Genesis 47:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.11/)

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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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