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# מַחֲגֹרֶת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4228

**girding** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

girding [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4228/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַחֲגֹ֫רֶת: n.f. girding, cincture [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4228/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a girding, cincture, only cstr.; תַּחַת פְּתִיגִיל מַחֲגֹרֶת שָׂ֑ק Is 3:24 instead of a mantle a girding of sackcloth.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a girding (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 3:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.24/#tree)

וְהָיָה֩ תַ֨חַת בֹּ֜שֶׂם מַ֣ק יִֽהְיֶ֗ה וְתַ֨חַת חֲגוֹרָ֤ה נִקְפָּה֙ וְתַ֨חַת מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה מִקְשֶׁה֙ קָרְחָ֔ה וְתַ֥חַת פְּתִיגִ֖יל מַחֲגֹ֣רֶת שָׂ֑ק כִּי־תַ֖חַת יֹֽפִי׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be in.place.of perfume rottenness it.will.be and in.place.of a.belt a.rope and in.place.of a.work well-set.hair baldness and in.place.of a.robe a.girding of.sackcloth branding in.place.of beauty

*JPS 1917:* And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle rags; and instead of curled hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4228.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4228/): 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).