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title: מַחֲלָצֹות — robe of state · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחֲלָצֹות (4254), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: robe of state. BDB 1906: n.f. robe of state. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחֲלָצֹות

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«מַחֲלָצֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **robe of state** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4254 · **BDB:** מַחֲלָצָה

### Glosses

fine.robes (1); robes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

robe of state [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4254/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. robe of state [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4254/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. robe of state (taken off in ordinary life);—only pl. abs. מַחֲלָצוֹת Is 3:22 robes of ladies of Jerusalem; Zc 3:4 of high priest.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחֲלָצֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4254/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 3:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.22/)

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הַמַּֽחֲלָצוֹת֙ וְהַמַּ֣עֲטָפ֔וֹת וְהַמִּטְפָּח֖וֹת וְהָחֲרִיטִֽים׃

*Word for word:* the.fine robes and the over-tunics and the cloaks and the purses

*JPS 1917:* the aprons, and the mantelets, and the cloaks, and the girdles;

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[Zechariah 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.3.4/)

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וַיַּ֣עַן וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶל־הָעֹמְדִ֤יםלְפָנָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הָסִ֛ירוּ הַבְּגָדִ֥ים הַצֹּאִ֖ים מֵעָלָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו רְאֵ֨ה הֶעֱבַ֤רְתִּי מֵעָלֶ֙יךָ֙ עֲוֺנֶ֔ךָ וְהַלְבֵּ֥שׁ אֹתְךָ֖ מַחֲלָצֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered and he.said to \[those who.were\].standing before him (cmp) remove the garments (the) filthy from on him and he.said to him see I.have.taken.away from on you iniquity your and I.will.clothe you fine.robes

*JPS 1917:* And he answered and spoke unto those that stood before him, saying: 'Take the filthy garments from off him.' And unto him he said: 'Behold, I cause thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with robes.'

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