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# מֶלְתָּחָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4458

**wardrobe** — 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

wardrobe [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4458/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֶלְתָּחָה: n.f. wardrobe, wearing apparel [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4458/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. appar. wardrobe, wearing apparel (Ethiopic እልታኅ tunic);—only in וַיֹּאמֶר לַאֲשֶׁר עַל־הַמּ׳ הוֹצֵא לְבוּשׁ 2 K 10:22; 𝔊 ἐπὶ τοῦ \[οἴκου\] μεσθααλ (μισθ´); 𝔙 super vestes.

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: wardrobe (1).

## In the verses

[2 Kings 10:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.22/#tree)

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־הַמֶּלְתָּחָ֔ה הוֹצֵ֣א לְב֔וּשׁ לְכֹ֖ל עֹבְדֵ֣י הַבָּ֑עַל וַיֹּצֵ֥א לָהֶ֖ם הַמַּלְבּֽוּשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to \[the.one\].who \[was\].over the wardrobe bring.out clothing for all \[those.who\].serve (of \[the\].Baal and he.brought.out for them the clothing

*JPS 1917:* And he said unto him that was over the vestry: 'Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal.' And he brought them forth vestments.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4458.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4458/): 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).