be.ged denotes clothing worn by people, including garments torn, changed, dedicated, or used as a covering.

The term most often refers to clothing worn by individuals, whether ordinary, ceremonial, changed, torn, or used in disguise. It can also denote a cloth article used to cover, carry, or spread out, and appears in comparisons of things wearing out or becoming old.

1. Clothing worn, changed, or torn · dominant

   Plural forms, often in the construct state, occur for clothing on a person: in 1 Kings 1:1 the APB renders David as being covered with garments, and in 1 Kings 22:30 it renders the king's instruction to Jehoshaphat to put on garments. The same clothing is torn in grief or distress in 2 Kings 19:1 and 2 Samuel 13:31, while Exodus 29:21 places Aaron's garments and his sons' garments within the consecration action.

   1 Kings 1:11 Kings 22:302 Kings 19:12 Samuel 13:31Exodus 29:212 Kings 25:29
2. A cloth article used for covering or carrying · occasional

   Singular forms identify an item of cloth used apart from simply being worn. In 1 Samuel 19:13 the APB renders a garment placed over the bed arrangement, in 2 Samuel 20:12 it renders a garment thrown over Amasa, and in 2 Kings 4:39 it renders a garment used to hold gathered gourds.

   1 Samuel 19:132 Samuel 20:122 Kings 4:392 Kings 9:13Deuteronomy 24:17
3. Garment in comparisons of deterioration · rare

   In Isaiah 50:9 the singular absolute form occurs in the comparison that opponents will wear out and be eaten by a moth, and in Isaiah 51:6 the land becomes old in the same kind of comparison. The APB presents the garment as the visible object of decay in both clauses.

   Isaiah 50:9Isaiah 51:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously uses “garments,” “clothing,” and “clothes,” and also refers to “prison garments” and “mourning garments.” These renderings confirm the verse contexts rather than fixing a separate meaning for each English expression.