[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%A9/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/) / [ל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/lamed/)‎ / לְבֵשׁ‎ # לְבֵשׁ Biblical Aramaic **be clothed** — used 3 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917. ## Meaning ### OpenScriptures lexical index be clothed [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b0_5d1_5b5_5e9_5c1/#m1) ### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 לְבֵשׁ: vb. be clothed [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b0_5d1_5b5_5e9_5c1/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. be clothed (v. BH);— Impf. acc. אַרְגְּוָנָא: 3 ms. יִלְבַּשׁ Dn 5:7, 2 ms. תִּלְבַּשׁ v 16. Pf. 3 mpl. הַלְבִּ֫שׁוּ v 29 clothe one (ל) with (acc.). ### Jastrow 1903 לְבֵשׁ: to clothe to take hold of, seize [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b0_5d1_5b5_5e9_5c1/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** Targ. Gen. XXXVIII, 19; a. fr.—Part. לְבִישׁ, לָבִישׁ. Targ. Job XXVII, 17. Targ. Ez. IX, 2; a. fr.—Ber. 28ᵃ מאן דלביש מדא יִלְבַּשׁ מדא ומאן … ואנא אַלְבְּשֵׁיה let him who has been invested with the priest’s cloak wear it; or shall he who is not invested say to him who has been, take off thy cloak, and I will put it on?; i.e. let us respect the hereditary office of the Nasi, v. מַזֶּה. Keth. 54ᵃ לְבִישְׁתִּינְהוּ ואיכסתינהו לכוליה מנא she put on all her dresses and wraps. Sabb. 10ᵇ \[read:\] מֵילָתָא אַלְּבִישַׁיְיהוּ יקירן (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) cloaks are precious on those who are invested with them, i.e. a pupil likes to quote his teacher; a. fr. same. Targ. Ps. XCIII, 1; a. e.—Ber. l. c. Ms. M. אַלְבְּשִׁינֵיה, v. supra. to clothe. Targ. Ps. CXXXII, 16. Targ. Job XXIX, 14 ואַלְבְּשִׁנָנִי and it clothed (protected) me; a. e.—Kidd. 30ᵇ ונַלְבִּישָׁהּ ונכסייה (not ולבשייה) and let him clothe and cover her. Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ top אַלְבְּשׁוּנִי; Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵇ top מלבשוני (corr. acc.), v. בּוּרְדִּיקָא. Tam. 32ᵃ; a. e.—Trnsf. to take hold of, seize. Kidd. 81ᵇ יצר אַלְבְּשָׁהּ (her bashfulness in the presence of her father is a sign that) sensuality has seized her; Keth. 51ᵇ יצר אלבשה passion has overpowered her (she speaks under the influence of sensual excitement). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates) ## Glosses MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he will be clothed (1); they clothed (1); you will be clothed (1). ## In the verses [Daniel 5:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.29/#tree) בֵּאדַ֣יִן ׀ אֲמַ֣ר בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֗ר וְהַלְבִּ֤ישׁוּ לְדָֽנִיֵּאל֙ אַרְגְּוָנָ֔א וְהַֽמְנִיכָ֥א דִֽי־דַהֲבָ֖א עַֽל־צַוְּארֵ֑הּ וְהַכְרִ֣זֽוּ עֲל֔וֹהִי דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֵ֥א שַׁלִּ֛יט תַּלְתָּ֖א בְּמַלְכוּתָֽא׃ *Word for word:* then he.said Belshazzar and they.clothed (et) Daniel (the) purple and (the) necklace (diy).of (the) gold \[was\].on neck his and they.made.proclamation concerning him (diy).that he.will.be a.ruler third in the kingdom *JPS 1917:* Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should rule as one of three in the kingdom. [Daniel 5:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.16/#tree) וַאֲנָה֙ שִׁמְעֵ֣ת עֲלָ֔ךְ דִּֽי־תִיכּ֥וּלפִּשְׁרִ֛ין לְמִפְשַׁ֖ר וְקִטְרִ֣ין לְמִשְׁרֵ֑א כְּעַ֡ן הֵן֩ תִּכ֨וּל כְּתָבָ֜א לְמִקְרֵ֗א וּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙ לְהוֹדָ֣עֻתַ֔נִי אַרְגְּוָנָ֣א תִלְבַּ֗שׁ וְהַֽמְנִיכָ֤אדִֽי־דַהֲבָא֙ עַֽל־צַוְּארָ֔ךְ וְתַלְתָּ֥א בְמַלְכוּתָ֖א תִּשְׁלַֽט׃פ *Word for word:* and I I.have.heard concerning you (diy).that you.are.able interpretations to interpret and knots to loosen now if you.will.be.able the writing to read.aloud and interpretation its to make known.to.me (the) purple you.will.be.clothed and (the) necklace (diy).of (the) gold \[will.be\].on neck your and third in the kingdom you.will.rule *JPS 1917:* But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and loose knots; now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt rule as one of three in the kingdom.' ## In Targum Onkelos Number 225 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 24 times there, in the forms לְבוּשֵׁי (24). [Exodus 28:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.2/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew וְתַעְבֵּד לְבוּשֵׁי קוּדְשָׁא לְאַהֲרֹן אָחוּךְ לִיקָר וּלְתֻשְׁבְּחָן: וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ בִגְדֵי־קֹ֖דֶשׁ לְאַהֲרֹ֣ן אָחִ֑יךָ לְכָב֖וֹד וּלְתִפְאָֽרֶת׃ *Word for word:* and you.will.make garments of.holiness for Aaron brother your for glory and for beauty *JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for splendour and for beauty. [Genesis 38:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.19/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew וְקָמַת וַאֲזָלַת וְאַעְדִּיאַת עֵיפַהּ מִנַּהּ וּלְבִישַׁת לְבוּשֵׁי אַרְמְלוּתַהּ וַתָּ֣קָם וַתֵּ֔לֶךְ וַתָּ֥סַר צְעִיפָ֖הּ מֵעָלֶ֑יהָ וַתִּלְבַּ֖שׁ בִּגְדֵ֥י אַלְמְנוּתָֽהּ׃ *Word for word:* and she.arose and she.went and she.removed veil her from on her and she.put.on the.clothes her.widowhood her *JPS 1917:* And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. ## On Mova - [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5dc_5b0_5d1_5b5_5e9_5c1.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b0_5d1_5b5_5e9_5c1/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).