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title: מְעִיל — robe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְעִיל (4598), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: robe. BDB 1906: n.m. robe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְעִיל

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«מְעִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **robe** — 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:** 28 times · **Key:** 4598 · **BDB:** מְעִיל²

### Glosses

the.robe (9); robe (8); a.robe (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

robe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4598/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. robe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4598/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 S 2:19 robe (Thes conj. orig. meaning cover for √ מעל, cf. בגד; BAES 15 comp. Arabic مُلَاءَةٌ an outer garment, but against this StaThLZ, Apr. 28, 1894, 235);—מ׳ Ex 28:31 + 18 times; sf. מְעִילוֹ 1 S 15:27; מְעִלוֹ Jb 1:20; 2:12 + 4 times sg.; pl. מְעִילִים 2 S 13:18, (but del. We Klo Kit Bu SS; orig. gloss מֵעוֹלָם We Kit Bu); מְעִילֵיהֶם Ez 26:16;—exterior garment, robe, worn over the inner tunic כְּתֹנֶת: worn by men of rank: Saul and Jonathan 1 S 18:4; 24:5, 12(×2); princes of the sea Ez 26:16; Job Jb 1:20; 2:12; Samuel 1 S 15:27; 28:14; Ezra Ezr 9:3, 5; David clothed with מ׳ בוץ 1 Ch 15:27 (in the procession of the ark); the child Samuel had מ׳ קָטֹן 1 S 2:19;—(it had a skirt כנף 1 S 15:27; 24:5, 12(×2)). worn by the daughters of David 2 S 13:18 (but prob. del., v. supr.) robe of high priest (only P): מְעִיל הָאֵפוֹד, made of purple stuff, Ex 28:31; 29:5; 39:22; אפוד ומעיל 28:4; הַמְּעִיל Lv 8:7, having שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל skirts Ex 28:34; 39:24, 25, 26, around which were alternate coloured pomegranates and golden bells, and פִּי הַמְּעִיל, an opening or hole by which it might be drawn over the head 39:28. fig. of attributes (of י׳, and of men), קנאה Is 59:17; צדקה 61:10; משׁפט Jb 29:14; בשׁת ψ 109:29.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 26 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְעִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4598/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.31/)

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וְעָשִׂ֛יתָ אֶת־מְעִ֥יל הָאֵפ֖וֹד כְּלִ֥יל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make (et) the.robe of the.ephod an.entirety of.violet.stuff

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

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[Exodus 39:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.22/)

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וַיַּ֛עַשׂ אֶת־מְעִ֥יל הָאֵפֹ֖ד מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֹרֵ֑ג כְּלִ֖יל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃

*Word for word:* and he.made (et) the.robe of the.ephod \[the\].work of.a.weaver an.entirety of.violet.stuff

*JPS 1917:* And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;

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