Words the Bible translates as best
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- roshרֹאשׁhead: the head on a body, and from that picture the top of a thing, the person in charge, the start of something, the choicest part, and the total of a count.
- prōtosπρῶτοςahead of all others: the one that comes before the rest, whether in time, in order, or in rank
- ḥelevחֵלֶבthe best part: the richest, choicest portion of something
+1 more meaning
- fat: the thick suet of an animal, the prime part set apart to be burned for God and never eaten
- reshitרֵאשִׁיתthe foremost of something: what stands at its head, whether first in time, first in rank, or the first and finest portion.
- mivḥarמִבְחָרthe pick of a group: the finest one, or ones, singled out of a larger set
- megedמֶגֶדthe choicest yield: the best of what the sky, the soil, or a season brings forth
- metavמֵיטָבbestnot studied yet
- zimrahזִמְרָהbestnot studied yet
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