Strong's Lexicon

H4315

H4315 — מֵיטָּב

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmeytabnoun mascOccurrences: 6TWOT: 863a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4315
Word:	מֵיטָּב
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3190
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	meytab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	may-tawb'
Meaning:	1. the best part
KJV Renderings:	best.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3532

(מֵיטָב) noun [masculine] the best, only construct מֵיטַב and as superlative; the best of a thing: ׳ שָׂדֵהוּ וּמ ׳ מ כָּרְמוֺ Exod 22:4 ( J E ) the best of his field and the best of his vineyard (choicest fruit); הַצּאֹן ׳ מ the best of the sheep 1Sam 15:9; 1Sam 15:15 הָאָרֶץ ׳ בְּמ in the best of the land Gen 47:6; Gen 47:11 ( P ).

יֻטָּה, יוּטָה see below נטה.

יְטוּר see below טוּר.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מיטב (h-tav’)

Genesis 47:6

KJV: The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

EHCC: in the best of the land make thy father

Exodus 22:5

KJV: If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall 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.

EHCC: (4).of the best of his own field, and of the

Exodus 188:15

EHCC: the best of the sheep, and of