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title: חֲגוֹר — belt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲגוֹר (2290), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: belt. BDB 1906: belt, girdle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲגוֹר

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«חֲגוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **belt** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 2290 · **BDB:** חֲגוֹר

### Glosses

a.belt (2); belt (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

belt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2290/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

belt, girdle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2290/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] belt, girdle (distinct from אֵזוֹר waist-cloth, Che Je, in Pulpit Comm. (1883) 333; Jerem, Life and Times (1888) 161 RSJQ Jan. 1882, 289 ff.)—חֲגוֹר for sword 2 S 20:8 (yet read prob. חָגוּר, Th We Klo Dr), cf. 1 S 18:4; article of commerce Pr 31:24 (coll.? or of a richly adorned girdle?).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲגוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2290/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 31:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.24/)

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סָדִ֣ין עָ֭שְׂתָה וַתִּמְכֹּ֑ר וַ֝חֲג֗וֹר נָתְנָ֥ה לַֽכְּנַעֲנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* linen.garment\[s\] she.makes and she.sold and a.belt she.supplies to the merchants

*JPS 1917:* She maketh linen garments and selleth them; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

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[1 Samuel 18:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.18.4/)

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וַיִּתְפַּשֵּׁ֣ט יְהוֹנָתָ֗ן אֶֽת־הַמְּעִיל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָלָ֔יו וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ לְדָוִ֑ד וּמַדָּ֕יו וְעַד־חַרְבּ֥וֹ וְעַד־קַשְׁתּ֖וֹ וְעַד־חֲגֹרֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.stripped.himself Jonathan (et) the robe which \[was\].on him and he gave.it to David and garments his and to sword his and to bow his and to belt his

*JPS 1917:* And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his apparel, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

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