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title: מַלְבּוּשׁ — raiment · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַלְבּוּשׁ (4403), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: raiment. BDB 1906: n.m. raiment, attire. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַלְבּוּשׁ

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«מַלְבּוּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **raiment** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 4403 · **BDB:** מַלְבּוּשׁ

### Glosses

clothes (4); clothing (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

raiment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4403/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. raiment, attire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4403/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \[מַלְבֻּשׁ\] n.m. Zp 1:8 raiment, attire;—abs. 2 K 10:22 + 2 times; sf. מַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ Ez 16:3; pl. sf. מַלְבּוּשַׁי Is 63:3; מַלְבּוּשֵׁיהֶם 2 Ch 9:4(×2), מַלְבֻּשֵׁיהֶם 1 K 10:5;—raiment, 2 K 10:22 (for worshippers, ‖ לְבוּשׁ), Jb 27:16 (as wealth); of Jerus. under fig. of infant Ez 16:13; מַל׳ נָכְרִי Zp 1:8 foreign attire (acc. with לָבַשׁ); pl. of garments of Sol.’s servants 1 K 10:5 = 2 Ch 9:4 a, + 2 Ch 9 4 b; of י׳ under fig. of warrior Is 63:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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 «מַלְבּוּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4403/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 27:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.27.16/)

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אִם־יִצְבֹּ֣ר כֶּעָפָ֣ר כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר יָכִ֥ין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃

*Word for word:* if he.will.heap.up like (the) dust silver and like (the) clay he.will.prepare clothing

*JPS 1917:* Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

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[2 Kings 10:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.22/)

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וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־הַמֶּלְתָּחָ֔ה הוֹצֵ֣א לְב֔וּשׁ לְכֹ֖ל עֹבְדֵ֣י הַבָּ֑עַל וַיֹּצֵ֥א לָהֶ֖ם הַמַּלְבּֽוּשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to \[the.one\].who \[was\].over the wardrobe bring.out clothing for all \[those.who\].serve (of \[the\].Baal and he.brought.out for them the clothing

*JPS 1917:* And he said unto him that was over the vestry: 'Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal.' And he brought them forth vestments.

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