mad denotes clothing or apparel worn, removed, given, or used to cover a person in biblical narratives.

The attested clothing use concerns apparel worn on the body, whether put on for battle, torn in grief, given to another, or used figuratively as a covering. Several supplied verses do not isolate the term's contribution clearly enough to establish an additional use.

1. Apparel worn, given, or used as a covering · dominant

   The supplied forms are masculine nouns, usually plural construct, in clauses concerning what people wear or handle. In 1 Samuel 17:38 the APB renders Saul as clothing David with apparel and armor; in 1 Samuel 17:39 David straps his sword over his garments and then removes them. In 1 Samuel 18:4 Jonathan gives David clothing alongside weapons, while Psalm 109:18 presents cursing as something clothed on like a garment.

   1 Samuel 17:381 Samuel 17:391 Samuel 18:41 Samuel 4:122 Samuel 20:8Psalm 109:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: In the clear clothing contexts, the APB uses “garment,” “garments,” and “clothing,” while related details include armor and a sword. These renderings confirm the verse contexts rather than assigning each English term mechanically to the Hebrew form.