me.tav denotes a choice or superior portion, especially of land or livestock, in the supplied biblical contexts.

The attested use identifies a selected, superior portion: land assigned for settlement and livestock spared from destruction; its construct form also appears in a restitution instruction whose supplied translation does not isolate its contribution.

1. A choice, superior portion · dominant

   The construct noun qualifies land in Genesis 47:6 and Genesis 47:11, where the APB renders the settlement or possession as being “in the best of the land.” It likewise qualifies sheep and cattle in 1 Samuel 15:9 and 1 Samuel 15:15, where the APB renders the spared animals as “the best”; in Exodus 22:4 it occurs in a restitution instruction, although the supplied APB does not make the term's specific contribution clear.

   Genesis 47:6Genesis 47:111 Samuel 15:91 Samuel 15:15Exodus 22:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “the best” for land and for sheep and cattle in the Genesis and 1 Samuel clauses. In Exodus 22:4, the supplied translation gives the restitution instruction without an identifiable corresponding English phrase.