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מִבְחָר

«מִבְחָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: choicest — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 12 times · Key: 4005 · BDB: מִבְחָר

Glosses

the.choicest (9); [the].choicest (1); [were].the.choicest (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

choicest tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

choicest, best tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] (f. Ez 24:5) choicest, best, cstr. מִבְחַר Dt 12:11 + 10 times; sf. מִבְחָרָיו Dn 11:15; vows Dt 12:11; valleys Is 22:7; fir trees Is 37:24; cedars Je 22:7; bones Ez 24:4; sepulchres Gn 23:6 (P); of the flock Ez 24:5; of the Assyrians Ez 23:7; captains Ex 15:4 (E poet.); young men Je 48:15; מבחר וטוב לבנון Ez 31:16 (del. וטוב 𝔊 Co); עַם מִבְחָרָיו Dn 11:15 = his choice troops.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מִבְחָר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Ezekiel 24:4

אֱסֹ֤ף נְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙ אֵלֶ֔יהָ כָּל־נֵ֥תַח ט֖וֹב יָרֵ֣ךְ וְכָתֵ֑ף מִבְחַ֥ר עֲצָמִ֖ים מַלֵּֽא׃

Word for word: gather pieces its into it every piece good thigh and shoulder [the].choicest of.[the].bones fill.[it]

JPS 1917: Gather into it the pieces belonging to it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Isaiah 22:7

וַיְהִ֥י מִבְחַר־עֲמָקַ֖יִךְ מָ֣לְאוּ רָ֑כֶב וְהַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים שֹׁ֖ת שָׁ֥תוּ הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃

Word for word: and it.was the.choicest your.valleys your they.were.full chariotry and the horsemen powerfully.(take.a.stand) they.took.a.stand to the gate

JPS 1917: And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate,

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