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Proverbs 16:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7069 is it to get קנה
H2451 wisdom חכמה
H4100 How much מה
H2896 better טוב
H2742   מחרוץ
H7069 and to get וקנות
H998 understanding בינה
H977 rather to be chosen נבחר
H3701   מכסף׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

  How
H4100 much
H2896 better
  is
  it
  to
H2451 wisdom
  than
H4480 gold
  and
  to
H998 understanding
  rather
  to
  be
H977 chosen
  than
H4480 silver

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H2896
Hebrew: טוֹב
Transliteration: ṭôwb
Pronunciation: tobe
Part of Speech: Adjective
Bible Usage: {beautiful} {best} {better} {bountiful} {cheerful} at {ease} X-(idiom) fair ({word}) (be in) {favour} {fine} {glad} good ({deed} {-lier} {liest} {-ly} {-ness} {-s}) {graciously} {joyful} {kindly} {kindness} liketh ({best}) {loving} {merry} X-(idiom) {most} {pleasant} + {pleaseth} {pleasure} {precious} {prosperity} {ready} {sweet} {wealth} {welfare} (be) well ([-favoured]).
Definition:  

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a {noun} both in the masculine and the {feminine} the singular and the plural ({good } a good or good {thing} a good man or woman; the {good} goods or good {things} good men or {women}) also as an adverb (well)

1. good, pleasant, agreeable

a. pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)

b. pleasant (to the higher nature)

c. good, excellent (of its kind)

d. good, rich, valuable in estimation

e. good, appropriate, becoming

f. better (comparative)

g. glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)

h. good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)

i. good, kind, benign

j. good, right (ethical) n m

2. a good thing, benefit, welfare

a. welfare, prosperity, happiness

b. good things (collective)

c. good, benefit

d. moral good n f

3. welfare, benefit, good things

a. welfare, prosperity, happiness

b. good things (collective)

c. bounty

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.