לָבֵשׁ

vb. put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed (NH id.; Aramaic לִבֵישׁ ܠܒܶܫ; Assyrian labâšu; Arabic لَبِسَ; Ethiopic ለብሰ ); Pf. 3 m.s. לָבֵ֣שׁ, לָ֫בֵ֥שׁ ψ 93:1; לָ֮בַ֤שׁ Jb 7:5 + 2 times; וְלָבַשׁ (cons.) Lv 6:3 + 3 times; sf. וּלְבֵשָׁם (cons.) Lv 16:4; 3 fs. לָֽבְשָׁה Ju 6:34 + 2 times, etc. (Ez 42:14 read prob. וְלָֽבְשׁוּ Qr, for ילבשׁו Kt, but cl. perhaps interpol., v. Co); Impf. 3 ms. יִלְבַּשׁ Dt 22:5 +; sf. וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Jb 29:14, יִלְבָּשָׁם Ex 29:30; 1 s. sf. אֶלְבָּשֶׁ֑נָּה Ct 5:3; 3 fpl. תִּלְבַּשְׁןָ 2 S 13:18, etc.; Imv. ms. לְבַשׁ 1 K 22:30, etc.; Inf. abs. לָבוֹשׁ Hg 1:6; cstr. לִלְבֹּשׁ Gn 28:20 Lv 21:10; Pt. act. pl. הַלֹּבְשִׁים Zp 1:8; pass. abs. לָבוּשׁ 1 S 17:5; Dn 10:5; לָבֻשׁ Ez 9:2 + 3 times; cstr. לְבוּשׁ Dn 12:6, 7, לְבֻשׁ Ez 9:11 + 3 times; pl. cstr. לְבֻשֵׁי Ez 23:6 + 2 times;— lit. put on (one’s own) garment (acc.) Gn 38:19; 1 S 28:8; 2 S 14:2; 1 K 22:30 = 2 Ch 18:29, Ex 29:30; Lv 6:3, 4; 16:4(×2), 23, 24, 32; 21:10; Dt 22:5; Ez 44:17, 19, and so 42:14 Qr (v. supr.), Jon 3:5; Ct 5:3; Est 4:1; 5:1; c. acc. garment + עַל־בְּשָׂרוֹ Lv 16:3; of putting on armour Je 46:4; = wear (more or less habitually), c. acc. of garment, Is 4:1; Dt 22:11; Zp 1:8; Zc 13:4; of Jerus. under fig. of woman Je 4:30, of rulers under fig. of shepherds Ez 34:3, cf. כֵּן תִּלְבַּשְׁןָ 2 S 13:18 (no acc.) very often fig., put on, be clothed with, c. acc. of garment;—לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה Jb 7:5 my flesh is clothed (i.e. covered) with worms; of Jerus., be clothed with inhabitants Is 49:18; of pasture, with flocks ψ 65:14; more often the garment is some abstract quality, e.g. righteousness, majesty, beauty, strength, etc.;—וַיִּלְבַּשׁ צְדָקָה כַּשִּׁרְיָן Is 59:17 he (י׳) hath put on righteousness as a breastplate, cf. v 17 (vengeance), ψ 93:1 (majesty), v 1 (strength), 104:1 (honour and majesty), Is 51:9 (strength); also Jb 40:10; said of men, 2 Ch 6:41 (salvation), ψ 132:9 (righteousness), Jb 29:14 (id.); of Zion Is 52:1(×2); also in bad sense, clothed with terror, trembling, shame, etc., Ez 7:27; 26:16; Jb 8:22; ψ 35:26; 109:29, cf. v 18 (cursing). lit. put on, obj. om., נָתַן … בֶּגֶד לִלְבּשׁ Gn 28:20 Jb 27:17; Inf. abs. לָבוֹשׁ Hg 1:6 (there is) a clothing, but he has nothing for warmth. once c. בְּ, לְבוּשׁ … אֲשֶׁר לָבַשׁ בּוֹ Est 6:8. Pt. pass., clothed with, chiefly Ezek.;—c. acc. of garment, Ez 9:2, 3; Zc 3:3; Pr 31:21; Dn 10:5; of wearing armour 1 S 17:5; cstr. before garment, לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים Ez 9:11; 10:2, 6, 7, cf. 23:6, 12; 38:4; Dn 12:6, 7. fig.:—וְרוּחַ י׳ לָֽבְשָׁה אֶת־גִּדְע֑וֹן Ju 6:34 and the spirit of י׳ clothed itself with Gideon, i.e. (GFM) took possession of him (cf. ܠܒܺܝܫ possessed); so 1 Ch 12:18; 2 Ch 24:20; צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Jb 29:14 and it clothed itself in me, as it were, became incarnate in me. only Pt. pl. מְלֻבָּשִׁים arrayed, c. acc. of garment 1 K 22:10 = 2 Ch 18:9, 2 Ch 5:12; abs. in full apparel Ezr 3:10. Pf. 3 ms. sf. הִלְבִּישַׁנִי Is 61:10; 3 fs. הִלְבִּישָׁה Gn 27:16; 2 ms. וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֫ Ex 28:41 + 3 times; sf. וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּם (consec.) Ex 29:8; Nu 20:26; 1 s. sf. וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּיו Is 22:21; 3 pl. הִלְבִּישׁוּ 2 Ch 28:15, וְהִלְבִּשׁוּ (consec.) Est 6:9; Impf. 3 ms. וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ Gn 41:42 + 5 times; sf. וַיַּלְבִּשֵׁם Gn 3:21; Lv 8:13; 3 fs. תַּלְבִּישׁ Pr 23:21, etc.; Inf. abs. הַלְבֵּשׁ Zc 3:4; cstr. הַלְבִּישׁ Est 4:4; Pt. sf. הַמַּלְבִּֽשְׁכֶּם 1 S 1:24;—clothe, array with. usually c. 2 acc., lit. וַיּלְבֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ בִּגְדֵי־שֵׁשׁ Gn 41:42; 2 S 1:24; Is 22:21; Ex 28:41; 29:5, 8; 40:13, 14 Lv 8:7, 13 Nu 20:26, 28 Zc 3:4, 5; of clothing Jerus. under fig. of infant Ez 16:10; of putting armour on some one 1 S 17:38(×2). fig., Jb 10:11 thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh; cf. 39:19 (quivering of horse’s neck); Is 50:3; 61:10; ψ 132:16, 18. c. acc. garment only, Gn 27:16 (+ עַל־יָדָיו); fig., Pr 23:21. c. acc. pers. only Gn 3:21; 27:15 2 Ch 28:15(×2) Est 4:4; 6:9, 11.