HebrewH4315Noun (Masculine)

מֵיטָב

me.tav

4Occurrences
H4315Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the best part

from H3190 (יָטַב);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. the best 1a) as superlative

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מֵיטָב appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
2
Genesis
2

Key Passages

1 Samuel 15:9BSB

Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.

1 Samuel 15:15BSB

Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”

Genesis 47:6BSB

the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

Genesis 47:11BSB

So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

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