חֲגוֹרָה

Biblical Hebrew

girdle — used 5 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

girdle tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֲגוֹרָה: n.f. girdle loin-covering, belt tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. girdle loin-covering, belt—חֲגוֹרָה Is 3:24; חֲגֹרָה 2 S 18:11 2 K 3:21; sf. חֲגֹרָתוֹ 1 K 2:5; Pl. חֲגֹרֹת Gn 3:7;—girdle, loin-covering Gn 3:7 (J); as article of women’s dress Is 3:24; belt of warrior 1 K 2:5 2 K 3:21 (חֹגֵר ח׳), cf. 2 S 18:11.—On חֲג֖וֹרָה Is 32:11 v. חָגַר 1.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a belt (3); belt (1); loin coverings (1).

In the verses

Genesis 3:7 · tree →

וַתִּפָּקַ֙חְנָה֙ עֵינֵ֣י שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֥י עֵֽירֻמִּ֖ם הֵ֑ם וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ֙ עֲלֵ֣ה תְאֵנָ֔ה וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם חֲגֹרֹֽת׃

Word for word: and they.were.opened the.eyes of both.of.them and they.knew (dm).that [were].naked they and they.sewed.together leafage of.a.fig.tree and they.made for themselves loin.coverings

JPS 1917: And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles.

Isaiah 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

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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).

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