skin or leather binding it to his loins. ’Addereth twice occurs with the
epithet “hairy” (Genesis 25:25; Zechariah 13:4, R.V.). It is the word
denoting the “goodly Babylonish garment” which Achan coveted (Joshua
7:21).
(2.) Hebrews me’il, frequently applied to the “robe of the ephod” (Exodus
28:4, 31; Leviticus 8:7), which was a splendid under tunic wholly of blue,
reaching to below the knees. It was woven without seam, and was put on
by being drawn over the head. It was worn not only by priests but by
kings (1 Samuel 24:4), prophets (15:27), and rich men (Job 1:20; 2:12).
This was the “little coat” which Samuel’s mother brought to him from year
to year to Shiloh (1 Samuel 2:19), a miniature of the official priestly robe.
(3.) Semikah, “a rug,” the garment which Jael threw as a covering over
Sisera (Judges 4:18). The Hebrew word occurs nowhere else in Scripture.
(4.) Maataphoth, plural, only in Isaiah 3:22, denoting a large exterior tunic
worn by females. (See DRESS.)