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1 Kings 20:32
“So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben–hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2296 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, [idiom] on every side.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יַּחְגְּרוּ֩ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 44 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 12:11Exodus 29:9Leviticus 8:7Leviticus 8:7Leviticus 8:13
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָגַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.