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title: מִטְפַּחַת — cloak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִטְפַּחַת (4304), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: cloak. BDB 1906: n.f. cloak. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִטְפַּחַת

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«מִטְפַּחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cloak** — 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:** 4304 · **BDB:** מִטְפַּ֫חַת

### Glosses

cloaks (1); shawl (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cloak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4304/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. cloak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4304/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. cloak, abs. הַמִּטְפַּחַת אֲשֶׁר־עָלַיִךְ Ru 3:15; pl. הַמִּטְפָּחוֹת Is 3:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִטְפַּחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4304/), 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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[Ruth 3:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.3.15/)

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וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הָ֠בִי הַמִּטְפַּ֧חַת אֲשֶׁר־עָלַ֛יִךְ וְאֶֽחֳזִי־בָ֖הּ וַתֹּ֣אחֶז בָּ֑הּ וַיָּ֤מָד שֵׁשׁ־שְׂעֹרִים֙ וַיָּ֣שֶׁת עָלֶ֔יהָ וַיָּבֹ֖א הָעִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* and he.said give the shawl which \[is\].on you and take.hold on it and she.took.hold on it and he.measured.out six barley(s) and he.put.\[it\] on her and he.came the city

*JPS 1917:* And he said: 'Bring the mantle that is upon thee, and hold it'; and she held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; and he went into the city.

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