Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #35961

OSHB Exo 22:4 מֵיטַב (mēyţaⱱ) Strongs=4315 Lemma=‘מֵיטָב’
contextual word gloss=‘the_best_of’ word gloss=‘best_of’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1491

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Other uses (2) of identical word form מֵיטַב (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מֵיטַב’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_best_of’.

1 SAM 15:9 contextual word gloss=‘the_best_of’ word gloss=‘best_of’ OSHB 1 SAM 15:9 word 7

OET-LV: 9 And_ Shāʼūl _he _had _compassion and_the_people on ʼAgag and_on the _best _of the _sheep and_the_cattle and_the_second and_on the_lambs and_on all _of the_good and_not they _were _willing to_totally _destroy _them and_all the_property despised and_worthless DOM_her/it they _totally _destroyed. (SA1_15:9)

OET-RV: 9 However, as well as sparing Agag, they took the best sheep and cattle (SA1 15:9)

1 SAM 15:15 contextual word gloss=‘the_best_of’ word gloss=‘best_of’ OSHB 1 SAM 15:15 word 9

OET-LV: 15 And_ Shāʼūl _he/it _said from_the_ˊAmālēqite[s] people_brought _them that it _had _compassion the_people on the _best _of the _sheep and_the_cattle so _as to _sacrifice_them to/for_YHWH god _of_your and_DOM the_rest we _totally _destroyed. (SA1_15:15)

OET-RV: 15 “Ah, the warriors took them from the Amalekites,” Sha’ul answered. “They wanted to save the best of the sheep and the cattle in order to sacrifice to your god Yahweh. But we completely destroyed the rest.” (SA1 15:15)