rags
qe.ra denotes torn pieces in accounts of garments being divided, and rags as clothing in a proverb.
The attested plural form occurs chiefly for pieces produced when a garment is torn or divided; in Proverbs it occurs in the image of being clothed with rags.
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Torn or divided garment pieces · dominant
The plural absolute form occurs where a garment is made into portions: in 1 Kings 11:30 the APB renders the action as tearing a new garment "into twelve pieces," and in 1 Kings 11:31 it says, "Take ten pieces for yourself." In 2 Kings 2:12, after Elisha takes hold of his garments, the APB renders their tearing "into two rags."
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Rags as clothing · rare
In Proverbs 23:21, the plural absolute form stands in the clause about drowsiness clothing someone; the APB renders the outcome as being clothed "with rags."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "pieces" in 1 Kings 11:30 and 1 Kings 11:31, and with "rags" in 2 Kings 2:12 and Proverbs 23:21. These renderings confirm the verse scenes rather than establish a separate English equivalent in every occurrence.