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לָבֵשׁ לָבַשׁ verb put on (a garment), 
wear, clothe, be clothed (Late Hebrew 
id.; Aramaic 
לָבֵישׁ, 

 Assyrian 
labâšu; Arabic 

; Ethiopic 

); — 
Qal Perfect 
3rd person masculine singularלָבֵשׁ Psalm 93:1 (twice in verse), 
לָבַשׁ Job 7:5 + 
2 times, 
וְלָבַשׁ (consecutive) 
Leviticus 6:3 + 
3 times; suffix 
וּלְבָשֵׁם (consecutive) 
Leviticus 16:4; 
3rd person feminine singular לָֽבְשָׁה Judges 6:34 + 
2 times, etc. (
Ezekiel 42:14 read probably
וְלָֽבְשׁוּ Qr, for 
ילבשׁו Kt, but clause perhaps interpolated, see Co); 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִלְבַּשׁ Deuteronomy 22:5 +; suffix 
וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Job 29:14 יִלְבָּשָׁם Exodus 29:30; 
1st person singular suffix 
אֶלְבָּשֶׁ֑נָּה Songs 5:3; 
3rd person feminine pluralתִּלְבַּשְׁןָ 2 Samuel 13:18, etc.; 
Imperative masculine singular
לְבַשׁ 1 Kings 22:30, etc.;
Infinitive absolute לָבוֺשׁ Haggai 1:6; 
construct לִלְבּשׁ Genesis 28:20; 
Leviticus 21:10; 
Participle active plural 
הַלֹּבְשִׁים Zephaniah 1:8; 
passive absolute 
לָבוּשׁ 1 Samuel 17:5; 
Daniel 10:5; 
לָבֻשׁ Ezekiel 9:2 + 
3 times; construct 
לְבוּשׁ Daniel 12:6, 
7, 
לְבֻשׁ Ezekiel 9:11 + 
3 times; plural construct 
לְבֻשֵׁי Ezekiel 23:6 + 
2 times; — 
    b. very often figurative, 
put on, be clothed with, with accusative of garment; — 
לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה Job 7:5 my flesh is clothed (i.e. covered) 
with worms; of Jerusalem, 
be clothed with inhabitants 
Isaiah 49:18; of pasture, with flocks Psalm 65:14; more often the garment is some abstract quality, e.g. righteousness, majesty, beauty, strength, etc.; — 
וַיִּלְבַּשׁ צְדָקָה כַּשִּׁרְיָן Isaiah 59:17 he (
י׳) 
hath put on righteousness as a breastplate, compare 
Isaiah 59:17 (vengeance), 
Psalm 93:1 (majesty), 
Psalm 93:1 (strength), 
Psalm 104:1 (honour and majesty), 
Isaiah 51:9 (strength); also 
Job 40:10; said of men, 
2 Chronicles 6:41 (salvation), 
Psalm 132:9 (righteousness), 
Job 29:14 (
id.); of Zion 
Isaiah 52:1 (twice in verse); also in bad sense, clothed with terror, trembling, shame, etc., 
Ezekiel 7:27; 
Ezekiel 26:16; 
Job 8:22; 
Psalm 35:26; 
Psalm 109:29, compare 
Psalm 35:18 (cursing).
 
    c. literally 
put on, object omitted, 
נָתַןבֶּ֗֗֗גֶד לִלְבּשׁ Genesis 28:20; 
Job 27:17; 
Infinitive absolute לָבוֺשׁ Haggai 1:6 (there is) 
a clothing, but he has nothing for warmth.
 
    d. once with 
בְּ, 
בּוֹ לָבַשׁ אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗ לְבוּשׁ Esther 6:8.
 
    e. Passive participle, clothed with, chiefly Ezek.; — with accusative of garment, 
Ezekiel 9:2, 
3; 
Zechariah 3:3; 
Proverbs 31:21; 
Daniel 10:5; of wearing armour 
1 Samuel 17:5; construct before garment, 
לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים Ezekiel 9:11; 
Ezekiel 10:2, 
6, 
7, compare 
Ezekiel 23:6, 
12; 
Ezekiel 38:4; 
Daniel 12:6, 
7.
 
    f. figurative: — 
לָֽבְשָׁה אֶתגִּֿדְע֑וֺן וְרוּחַ י׳ Judges 6:34 and the spirit of י׳ clothed itself with Gideon, i.e. (GFM) took possession of him (compare 
 possessed
 possessed); 
so 1 Chronicles 12:18; 
2 Chronicles 24:20; 
צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Job 29:14 and it 
clothed itself in me, as it were, became incarnate in me.
 
Pu. only 
Participle plural 
מְלֻבָּשִׁים arrayed, with accusative of garment 
1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; 
5:12; absolute 
in full apparel Ezra 3:10. 
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix 
הִלְבִּישַׁנִי Isaiah 61:10; 
3rd person feminine singular הִלְבִּישָׁה Genesis 27:16; 
2nd person masculine singular וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֫ Exodus 28:41 + 
3 times; suffix 
וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּם (consecutive) 
Exodus 29:8; 
Numbers 20:26; 
1st person singular suffix 
וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּיו Isaiah 22:21; 
3rd person plural הִלְבִּישׁוּ 2 Chronicles 28:15, 
וְהִלְבִּשׁוּ (consecutive) 
Esther 6:9; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ Genesis 41:42 + 
5 times; suffix 
וַיַּלְבִּשֵׁם Genesis 3:21; 
Leviticus 8:13; 
3rd person feminine singular תַּלְבִּישׁ Proverbs 23:21, etc.; 
Infinitive absolute הַלְבֵּשׁ Zechariah 3:4; construct 
הַלְבִּישׁ Esther 4:4; 
Participle suffix 
הַמַּלְֽֽֽבִּשְׁכֶם 1 Samuel 1:24; — 
clothe, array with. 
    1. usually with 2 accusative,
See related Aramaic BDB entry 
H3848.
														
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