מֵיטָב
mêṭāb
the best
Strong's H4315NounHebrewTWOT 863a

מֵיטָב (mêṭāb) is a Hebrew noun meaning the best. It appears 6 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4315).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 863a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 863a)the best
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מֵיטָב noun, masculine: the best

Strong's H4315 מֵיטָב: the best part
KJV:best.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 863: יָטַב yāṭab — be good, well, glad, pleasing; joyful, be well placed, be well for, with, go well with; make glad, rejoice, do good, deal well, do well, thoroughly, make a thing good, right, beautiful; be, make well; be accepted, amend…

See it in Scripture

Genesis 47:61 Samuel 15:9

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