Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>]

Andrew,

The root P'R means to beautify or make glorious. It seems clear from other 
contexts
that the noun means something like "finery". It used in Isa 61 to indicate 
what a
groom would wear on his wedding day. Eze 44:18 says that the Zadoqite priests 
were to
wear a P'R of linen on their heads. Thus, it cannot possibly mean tzitziyot. 
It
something reserved for special occasions and special functionaries. Bear in 
mind that
Ezeqiel himself was a Zadoqite priest, so the import of Eze 24 is that 
Ezeqiel put on
his normal priestly garb, not mourning clothes.

Best regards!
George Athas
-University of Sydney & Moore Theological College
-Email: gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au
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