Lexical Definition

‎מֵיטָב‎ mêyṭâb (may-tawb') best ^H:N-M
from ‎יָטַב‎

best.

• the best part

1) the best
1a) as superlative

Brown-Driver-Briggs

(‎מֵיטָב‎) noun [masculine] the best, only construct ‎מֵיטַב‎ and as superlative; the best of a thing: ‎׳‎‎שָׂדֵהוּ וּמ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎כָּרְמוֺ‎ Exod 22:4* (JE) 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.

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