Lexical Definition

‎מֶגֶד‎ meged (meh'-ghed) excellence ^H:N-M
from an unused root probably meaning to be eminent

pleasant, precious fruit (thing).

• properly, a distinguished thing
• hence something valuable, as aproduct or fruit

1) excellence

See Greek: ὥρα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מֶ֫גֶד‎ noun masculine excellence (Late Hebrew id., choice fruit; Syriac fruit; Arabic glory, honour, nobility); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ construct Deut 33:13 + 4 t. Deut 33 plural ‎מְגָדִים‎ Song 4:13; Song 7:14* suffix ‎מְגָדָיו‎ Song 4:16 — excellence: excellent or choice things; always of gifts of nature: ‎שָׁמַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Deut 33:13 i.e. (natural) gifts of heaven; ‎תְּבוּאֹת שֶׁמֶשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ vDeut 33:14 ‎גֶּרֶשׁ יְרָחִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ vDeut 33:14 ‎גִּבְעוֺת עוֺלָם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ vDeut 33:15 (|| ‎ראֹשׁ הַרֲרֵי קֶדֶם‎); ‎אֶרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎; plural abstract ‎׳‎‎פְּרִי מ‎ (= excellent fruit) Song 4:13; Song 4:16 ‎׳‎‎מ‎ alone = foregoing, Song 7:14*.

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