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לָבֵשׁ לָבַשׁ verb put on (a garment),
wear, clothe, be clothed (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
לָבֵישׁ,
Assyrian
labâšu; Arabic
; Ethiopic
); —
Qal Perfect
3rd person masculine singularלָבֵשׁ Psalm 93:1 (twice in verse),
לָבַשׁ Job 7:5 +
2 times,
וְלָבַשׁ (consecutive)
Leviticus 6:3 +
3 times; suffix
וּלְבָשֵׁם (consecutive)
Leviticus 16:4;
3rd person feminine singular לָֽבְשָׁה Judges 6:34 +
2 times, etc. (
Ezekiel 42:14 read probably
וְלָֽבְשׁוּ Qr, for
ילבשׁו Kt, but clause perhaps interpolated, see Co);
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִלְבַּשׁ Deuteronomy 22:5 +; suffix
וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Job 29:14 יִלְבָּשָׁם Exodus 29:30;
1st person singular suffix
אֶלְבָּשֶׁ֑נָּה Songs 5:3;
3rd person feminine pluralתִּלְבַּשְׁןָ 2 Samuel 13:18, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
לְבַשׁ 1 Kings 22:30, etc.;
Infinitive absolute לָבוֺשׁ Haggai 1:6;
construct לִלְבּשׁ Genesis 28:20;
Leviticus 21:10;
Participle active plural
הַלֹּבְשִׁים Zephaniah 1:8;
passive absolute
לָבוּשׁ 1 Samuel 17:5;
Daniel 10:5;
לָבֻשׁ Ezekiel 9:2 +
3 times; construct
לְבוּשׁ Daniel 12:6,
7,
לְבֻשׁ Ezekiel 9:11 +
3 times; plural construct
לְבֻשֵׁי Ezekiel 23:6 +
2 times; —
b. very often figurative,
put on, be clothed with, with accusative of garment; —
לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה Job 7:5 my flesh is clothed (i.e. covered)
with worms; of Jerusalem,
be clothed with inhabitants
Isaiah 49:18; of pasture, with flocks Psalm 65:14; more often the garment is some abstract quality, e.g. righteousness, majesty, beauty, strength, etc.; —
וַיִּלְבַּשׁ צְדָקָה כַּשִּׁרְיָן Isaiah 59:17 he (
י׳)
hath put on righteousness as a breastplate, compare
Isaiah 59:17 (vengeance),
Psalm 93:1 (majesty),
Psalm 93:1 (strength),
Psalm 104:1 (honour and majesty),
Isaiah 51:9 (strength); also
Job 40:10; said of men,
2 Chronicles 6:41 (salvation),
Psalm 132:9 (righteousness),
Job 29:14 (
id.); of Zion
Isaiah 52:1 (twice in verse); also in bad sense, clothed with terror, trembling, shame, etc.,
Ezekiel 7:27;
Ezekiel 26:16;
Job 8:22;
Psalm 35:26;
Psalm 109:29, compare
Psalm 35:18 (cursing).
c. literally
put on, object omitted,
נָתַןבֶּ֗֗֗גֶד לִלְבּשׁ Genesis 28:20;
Job 27:17;
Infinitive absolute לָבוֺשׁ Haggai 1:6 (there is)
a clothing, but he has nothing for warmth.
d. once with
בְּ,
בּוֹ לָבַשׁ אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗ לְבוּשׁ Esther 6:8.
e. Passive participle, clothed with, chiefly Ezek.; — with accusative of garment,
Ezekiel 9:2,
3;
Zechariah 3:3;
Proverbs 31:21;
Daniel 10:5; of wearing armour
1 Samuel 17:5; construct before garment,
לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים Ezekiel 9:11;
Ezekiel 10:2,
6,
7, compare
Ezekiel 23:6,
12;
Ezekiel 38:4;
Daniel 12:6,
7.
f. figurative: —
לָֽבְשָׁה אֶתגִּֿדְע֑וֺן וְרוּחַ י׳ Judges 6:34 and the spirit of י׳ clothed itself with Gideon, i.e. (GFM) took possession of him (compare
possessed);
so 1 Chronicles 12:18;
2 Chronicles 24:20;
צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Job 29:14 and it
clothed itself in me, as it were, became incarnate in me.
Pu. only
Participle plural
מְלֻבָּשִׁים arrayed, with accusative of garment
1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9;
5:12; absolute
in full apparel Ezra 3:10.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix
הִלְבִּישַׁנִי Isaiah 61:10;
3rd person feminine singular הִלְבִּישָׁה Genesis 27:16;
2nd person masculine singular וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֫ Exodus 28:41 +
3 times; suffix
וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּם (consecutive)
Exodus 29:8;
Numbers 20:26;
1st person singular suffix
וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּיו Isaiah 22:21;
3rd person plural הִלְבִּישׁוּ 2 Chronicles 28:15,
וְהִלְבִּשׁוּ (consecutive)
Esther 6:9;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ Genesis 41:42 +
5 times; suffix
וַיַּלְבִּשֵׁם Genesis 3:21;
Leviticus 8:13;
3rd person feminine singular תַּלְבִּישׁ Proverbs 23:21, etc.;
Infinitive absolute הַלְבֵּשׁ Zechariah 3:4; construct
הַלְבִּישׁ Esther 4:4;
Participle suffix
הַמַּלְֽֽֽבִּשְׁכֶם 1 Samuel 1:24; —
clothe, array with.
1. usually with 2 accusative,
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H3848.
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