{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4005",
  "lemma": "מִבְחָר",
  "transliteration": "mibchâr",
  "definition": "select, i.e. best",
  "kjv": "choice(-st), chosen.",
  "occurrences": 13,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H977",
      "lemma": "בָּחַר",
      "transliteration": "bâchar",
      "meaning": "to try",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H977"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[מִבְחָר] n.[m.] choicest, best"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 23:6",
      "text": "“Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 15:4",
      "text": "He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Sea of Suf.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/15?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 12:11",
      "text": "then it shall happen that to the place which the LORD your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 19:23",
      "text": "By your messengers, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/19?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 22:7",
      "text": "Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/22?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 37:24",
      "text": "By your servants, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/37?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 22:7",
      "text": "I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons, and they will cut down your choice cedars, and cast…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/22?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 48:15",
      "text": "Moab is laid waste, and they have gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,”…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/48?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 23:7",
      "text": "She gave herself as a prostitute to them, all of them the choicest men of Assyria. She defiled herself with the idols…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/23?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 24:4",
      "text": "Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece: the thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with the choice bones.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/24?v=4"
    }
  ],
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  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}