H4022

מֶ֫גֶד

me.gedH:N-M

excellence

excellence

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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.


6 occurrences

Deuteronomy (4), Song of Solomon (2)