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# clothe

«clothe» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to put clothes on them, or give them clothes to wear** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (clothe, clothes, clothed, clothing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To clothe someone is to put clothes on them, or give them clothes to wear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/#m1)

2) To clothe is to cover something as if with clothes, as in «clothe in the weeds of woe». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To put on garments, often also used for covering with qualities such as righteousness, shame, or salvation. Interpretation: The tradition sees God as clothing the naked, from Adam and Eve onward, and teaches people to imitate this kindness. Priests wore holy garments to serve. In the primary lessons: in stories, to dress a person or to cover a thing with a thick covering, often of sorrow or mist; «clothe» is also used for giving food and clothes to a family

### examples

- Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried: 'Treason, treason.' (Prophets 2KI.11.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/#x1)
- Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said: 'Treason, treason.' (Writings 2CH.23.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/#x2)
- I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. (Prophets ISA.50.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/#x3)
- Can you afford to feed and clothe your children? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/#x4)
- The king clothed his soldiers in red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/#x5)
- The hills were clothed in mist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/#x6)
- Clothe yourself warmly before you go out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/#x7)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.82/)
- [But the spirit of the LORD clothed Gideon; and he blew a horn; and Abiezer was gathered together after him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.192/)
- [I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1120/)
- [clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.577/)
- [Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.36/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clothe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.