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# מִכְלוֹל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4358

**perfection** — used 2 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

perfection [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4358/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִכְלוֹל: n.m. perfection gorgeous attire [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4358/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. perfection, i.e. (prob.) gorgeous attire, Ez 23:12; 38:4 (of warriors) לְבֻשֵׁי מִכְלוֹל.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 23:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.12/#tree)

אֶל־בְּנֵי֩ אַשּׁ֨וּר עָגָ֜בָה פַּח֨וֹת וּסְגָנִ֤ים קְרֹבִים֙ לְבֻשֵׁ֣י מִכְל֔וֹל פָּרָשִׁ֖ים רֹכְבֵ֣י סוּסִ֑ים בַּח֥וּרֵי חֶ֖מֶד כֻּלָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* to the.sons of.Assyria she.lusted governors and officials warriors clothed of.perfection horsemen \[who\].rode of.horses \[were\].young.men of.desire of.them all

*JPS 1917:* She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers, warriors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them handsome young men.

[Ezekiel 38:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.4/#tree)

וְשׁ֣וֹבַבְתִּ֔יךָ וְנָתַתִּ֥י חַחִ֖ים בִּלְחָיֶ֑יךָ וְהוֹצֵאתִי֩ אוֹתְךָ֨וְאֶת־כָּל־חֵילֶ֜ךָ סוּסִ֣ים וּפָרָשִׁ֗ים לְבֻשֵׁ֤י מִכְלוֹל֙ כֻּלָּ֔ם קָהָ֥ל רָב֙ צִנָּ֣ה וּמָגֵ֔ן תֹּפְשֵׂ֥י חֲרָב֖וֹת כֻּלָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I will.turn.you.around and I.will.put hooks in jaws your and I.will.bring.out you and (et) all army your horses and horsemen \[are\].clothed of.perfection of.them all a.company great body.shield and shield \[are\].wielding (of).swords of.them all

*JPS 1917:* and I will turn thee about, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed most gorgeously, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords:

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4358.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4358/): 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).