מֶלְתָּחָה
mel.ta.chah
H4458
H:N-F
Hebrew
apparel
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Hebrew
Language
mel.ta.chah denotes the clothing brought out for the servants of Baal in 2 Kings 10:22.
The lone attestation places mel.ta.chah in the instruction to bring out clothing for all the servants of Baal.
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Clothing supplied for Baal's servants · dominant
In 2 Kings 10:22, the feminine singular absolute form occurs in the command to the person in charge of the apparel to bring out clothing for all the servants of Baal; the APB renders the surrounding action, “Bring out clothing for all the servants of the Baal.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 10:22, the APB presents the surrounding clause with “apparel” and then “clothing” and “garments.” Its precise English equivalent for the lemma cannot be isolated with certainty.