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title: מֶלְתָּחָה — wardrobe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶלְתָּחָה (4458), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: wardrobe. BDB 1906: n.f. wardrobe, wearing apparel. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶלְתָּחָה

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«מֶלְתָּחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wardrobe** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4458 · **BDB:** מֶלְתָּחָה

### Glosses

wardrobe (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wardrobe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4458/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wardrobe, wearing apparel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4458/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. appar. wardrobe, wearing apparel (Ethiopic እልታኅ tunic);—only in וַיֹּאמֶר לַאֲשֶׁר עַל־הַמּ׳ הוֹצֵא לְבוּשׁ 2 K 10:22; 𝔊 ἐπὶ τοῦ \[οἴκου\] μεσθααλ (μισθ´); 𝔙 super vestes.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶלְתָּחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4458/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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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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