H4598

מְעִיל

me.ilH:N-M

robe

1) robe 1a) a garment worn over a tunic by men of rank 1b) a long garment worn by David's daughters 1c) a garment of the high priest 1d) (fig.) of attributes

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מְעִיל noun masculine^{1Sam 2:19} robe (Thes conjecture original meaning cover for √ מעל, compare בגד; Ba^{ES 15} compare Arabic an outer garment, but against this Sta^{ThLz, Apr. 28, 1894, 235}); — ׳מ Exod 28:31 + 18 t.; suffix מְעִילוֺ 1Sam 15:27 מְעִלוֺ Job 1:20; Job 2:12 + 4 t. singular; plural מְעִילִים 2Sam 13:18, (but strike out We Klo Kit Bu SS; original gloss מֵעוֺלָם We Kit Bu); מְעִילֵיהֶם Ezek 26:16 — exterior garment, robe, worn over the inner tunic ׃ כְּתֹנֶת

1. worn by men of rank: Saul and Jonathan 1Sam 18:4; 1Sam 24:5; 1Sam 24:12 (twice in verse); princes of the sea Ezek 26:16 Job Job 1:20; Job 2:12 Samuel 1Sam 15:27; 1Sam 28:14 Ezra Ezra 9:3; Ezra 9:5 David clothed with בוץ ׳מ 1Chr 15:27 (in the procession of the ark); the child Samuel had קָטֹן׳מ 1Sam 2:19 — (it had a skirt כנף 1Sam 15:27; 1Sam 24:5; 1Sam 24:12 (twice in verse)).

2. worn by the daughters of David 2Sam 13:18 (but probably strike out, see above)

3. robe of high priest (only P): מְעִיל הָאֵפוֺד, made of purple stuff, Exod 28:31; Exod 29:5; Exod 39:22 אפוד ומעיל Exod 28:4 הַמְּעִיל Lev 8:7, having שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל skirts Exod 28:34; Exod 39:24; Exod 39:25; Exod 39:26, around which were alternate coloured pomegranates and golden bells, and פִּי הַמְּעִיל, an opening or hole by which it might be drawn over the head Exod 39:28.

4. figurative of attributes (of ׳י, and of men), קנאה Isa 59:17 צדקה Isa 61:10 משׁפט Job 29:14 בשׁת Ps 109:29.

II. מַ֫עַל see below עלה. מֵעַל see עַל. p. 751, 758f

[מֹ֫עַל], מַעֲלֶה, מַעֲלָה see below עלה.

[מַעֲלִיל, מַעֲלָל] see עלל.

[מַעֲמָד], מָעֳמָד see עמד. מַעֲמָסָה see עמס.

מַעֲמַקִּים see עמק. מַ֫עַן see מַעֲנֶה below I. עָנָה.

מַעֲנֶה, מַעֲנָה, מַעֲנִית see I. ענה.

מְעֹנָה see עון.

25 occurrences

Exodus (9), Leviticus (1), I Samuel (4), II Samuel (1), I Chronicles (1), Ezra (2), Job (3), Psalms (1), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (1)