widow's weeds

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widow's weeds

widow's weeds

Mourning clothes worn by a widow according to the customs of different peoples.

("And she removed her widow's garments from upon her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim"—Genesis 38:14 (written about Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law), and also: "And she removed her widow's garments/ and said that from weeping over him she too would be silent"—Immanuel the Roman (13th century)/ The Inheritance, and also: "On her widow's garments together, and until to dash/ her head against the wall and roar like a bereaved bear"—H.N. Bialik / Widowhood, and also: "On an autumn day in a dark corner I found her/ and clothed in widowhood she appeared to me in the mirror"—H.N. Bialik/ On an Autumn Day)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בִּגְדֵי אַלְמְנוּת

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּגְדֵי אֵבֶל שֶׁלוֹבֶשֶׁת הָאַלְמָנָה עַל פִּי מִנְהָגִים בַּעֲמִים שׁוֹנִים.

("וַתָּסַר בִּגְדֵי אַלְמְנוּתָהּ מֵעָלֶיהָ וַתְּכַס בַּצָּעִיף וַתִּתְעַלָּף וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּפֶתַח עֵינַיִם"- בְּרֵאשִׁית ל״ח י״ד (הַכָּתוּב עַל תָּמָר כַּלַּת יְהוּדָה ), וְכֵן: "וַתָּסַר מֵעָלֶיהָ בִּגְדֵי אַלְמְנוּתָהּ/ וְתֹאמַר כִּי מִלִּבְכּוֹת עָלָיו גַּם הִיא תַּחֲרִישׁ"- עִמָּנוּאֵל הָרוֹמִי (הַמֵּאָה הי״ג)/ הַיְּרוּשָּׁה, וְכֵן: "עַל בִּגְדֵי אַלְמְנוּתָהּ יַחַד וַעַד לְהַטִּיחַ/ אֶת רֹאשָׁהּ בַּכּוֹתֶל וְלִנְהוֹם כְּדֻבָּה שְׁכוּלָה"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק / אַלְמְנוּת, וְכֵן: "בַּיּוֹם סְתָו בְּקֶרֶן חֲשֵׁכָה נֹגַהּ מְצָאתִיהָ/ וּלְבוּשֶׁת אַלְמְנוּת אֵלִי בַּמַּרְאָה הִתְוַדֵּעָה"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ בַּיּוֹם סְתָו)

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