Biblical Hebrew Forum

[ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)]

On Tue 20 Nov 2001 (11:25:13), dwashbur AT nyx.net wrote:
> I thought in Exodus and elsewhere it was a garment that the priest 
> wore, not something to do with an idol.
>

 In Exodus and Leviticus, it is the cope or mantle or cloak worn by the 
priests
 and the High Priest. But it does appear as the covering of an idol in Isaiah
 30:22, assuming that 'ePuDDaH is from the same root as 'ePoWD. This 
"covering"
 could be a mantle, but more likely could be a metallic plating (gold leaf?)
 upon a wooden or base metal statue (Isaiah 40:19-20).

 Shalom
 Ben
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