Original Language Studio
Psalms 109:18
“As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
לָבַשׁlâbash · law-bash'
H3847 · Hebrew
H3847 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
- Derivation
- or לָבֵשׁ; a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּלְבַּ֥שׁ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 111 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:21Genesis 27:15Genesis 27:16Genesis 28:20Genesis 38:19
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 לָבַשׁ 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.