le.vush denotes garments worn or supplied to people, and can describe a covering or adornment in figurative comparisons.

The term most often refers to garments worn, supplied, withheld, or used to mark status, including sackcloth and royal attire. In several clauses it also supplies garment language for a covering or adornment, such as the cloud around the sea, strength and glory, or violence.

1. Worn, supplied, or status-marking garments · dominant

   The noun occurs for apparel given to Baal's servants in 2 Kings 10:22, for the royal garments requested for the king's intended honoree in Esther 6:8, and for Mordecai's royal attire in Esther 8:15. It also marks lack or need: in Job 24:7 the APB renders the clause "naked without clothing," while Proverbs 27:26 speaks of lambs providing clothing.

   2 Kings 10:22Esther 6:8Esther 8:15Job 24:7Proverbs 27:26Psalm 35:13
2. Garment language for covering or adornment · occasional

   In Job 38:9, the construct form occurs where the APB renders the cloud as the sea's "garment" and thick darkness as its swaddling band. Psalm 104:6 compares covering the deep to clothing, while Proverbs 31:25 calls strength and glory her clothing and Malachi 2:16 speaks of covering violence with a garment.

   Job 38:9Psalm 104:6Proverbs 31:25Malachi 2:16Job 38:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with "clothing," "garments," or "garment" in clauses about apparel and covering. Its variation does not by itself establish separate meanings.