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# אַדֶּרֶת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H155

**glory** — used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

glory [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/155/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַדֶּ֫רֶת: n.f. glory, cloak [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/155/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. glory, cloak—א׳ abs. Jos 7:24; אַדָּ֑רֶת Ez 17:8; cstr. Gn 25:25 + 4times; אַדַּרְתּוֹ 1 K 19:13 + 3 times; אַדַּרתָּם Zc 11:3— glory, magnificence, of vine Ez 17:8 (so Thes MV, but אַדִּיר q.v.), of shepherds Zc 11:3 (or sub 2). mantle, cloak (wide garment) of hair שֵׂעָר Gn 25:25 Zc 13:4 (as proph. mantle, so perhaps 11:3 of shepherds = false proph.) cf. of Elijah 1 K 19:13, 19 2 K 2:8, 13, 14; but אַדֶּרֶת שִׁנְעָר טוֹבָה (fine mantle of Shinar = Babylonian mantle—doubtless costly) Jos 7:21, 24 (J) & (late) א׳ alone Jon 3:6.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: cloak (5); a cloak (2); the cloak (2).

## In the verses

[Genesis 25:25](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.25/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.25/#tree)

וַיֵּצֵ֤א הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ אַדְמוֹנִ֔י כֻּלּ֖וֹ כְּאַדֶּ֣רֶת שֵׂעָ֑ר וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ שְׁמ֖וֹ עֵשָֽׂו׃

*Word for word:* and he.came.out the first red of.him all \[was\].like a.cloak of.hair and they.called name his Esau

*JPS 1917:* And the first came forth ruddy, all over like a hairy mantle; and they called his name Esau.

[Zechariah 11:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.11.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.11.3/#tree)

ק֚וֹל יִֽלְלַ֣ת הָרֹעִ֔ים כִּ֥י שֻׁדְּדָ֖ה אַדַּרְתָּ֑ם ק֚וֹל שַׁאֲגַ֣ת כְּפִירִ֔ים כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד גְּא֥וֹן הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sound of.the.wailing of the.shepherds (dm) it.has.been.devastated splendor their \[the\].sound of.\[the\].roaring of.young.lions (dm) it.has.been.devastated the.thicket\[s\] of the.Jordan

*JPS 1917:* Hark! the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is spoiled; Hark! the roaring of young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are spoiled.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/155.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/155/): 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).