Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 2:19
“Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מְעִילmᵉʻîyl · meh-eel'
H4598 · Hebrew
H4598 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a robe (i.e. upper and outer garment)
- Derivation
- from H4603 (מָעַל) in the sense of covering;
- KJV renderings
- cloke, coat, mantle, robe.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מְעִ֤יל — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 28 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 28:4Exodus 28:31Exodus 28:34Exodus 29:5Exodus 39:22
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 מְעִיל 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.