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title: אֵזוֹר — waistcloth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵזוֹר (232), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: waistcloth. BDB 1906: n.m. waistcloth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵזוֹר

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«אֵזוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **waistcloth** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 232 · **BDB:** אֵזוֹר

### Glosses

loincloth (7); a.loincloth (3); the.loincloth (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

waistcloth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/232/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. waistcloth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/232/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 13:10 waistcloth (NH id., Arabic إِزَارٌ, cf. RSJQ Jan. 1892, 289 ff.)—א׳ abs. Jb 12:18 + 8 times; cstr. 2 K 1:8 + 4 times;—of skin 2 K 1:8 (prophet.); of linen Je 13:1 (v. Che) cf. v 2, 4, 6, 7(×2), 10, 11 (symbol. of Isr. \& Jud. cleaving to י׳); of Assyrian warriors’ waistcloth, ‘girdle of loins’ Is 5:27; in wall-images of Chaldeans, חֲגוֹרֵי א׳ בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם Ez 23:15 (cf. 2 K 1:8 v. sub אָזַר) so fig. of Yahweh’s power over kings וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזוֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם Jb 12:18 (א׳ = fetter, cf. Di; but according to RSl.c. ref. to slaves’ garment); metaph. of righteousness \& faithfulness Is 11:5(×2) (א׳ מָתְנָיו, א׳ חֲלָצָיו).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵזוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/232/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 12:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.18/)

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מוּסַ֣ר מְלָכִ֣ים פִּתֵּ֑חַ וַיֶּאְסֹ֥ר אֵ֝ז֗וֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].correction of.kings he.loosens and he.bound a.loincloth on loins their

*JPS 1917:* He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.

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[Isaiah 11:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.11.5/)

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וְהָ֥יָה צֶ֖דֶק אֵז֣וֹר מָתְנָ֑יו וְהָאֱמוּנָ֖ה אֵז֥וֹר חֲלָצָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be righteousness the.loincloth his.hips his and (the) faithfulness the.loincloth his.loins his

*JPS 1917:* And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

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