garments of delight

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garments of delight

garments of delight

In elevated language: splendid or festive clothing (originally, 'delightful' means beloved).

("And Rebekah took the choice garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son" – Genesis 27:15 (Rebekah dresses Jacob in Esau's clothes), and also: "Has time stripped off its garments of dread / and donned its garments of delight?" – Judah Halevi / Has Time Stripped, and also: "Now that time has shed its garments of delight / and beauty is so rare" – Nathan Yonatan / Rosa)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בִּגְדֵי חֲמוּדוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: בְּגָדִים מְהֻדָּרִים אוֹ חֲגִיגִים (בְּמָקוֹר חֲמוּדוֹת מַשְׁמָע חֲבִיבִים).

("וַתִּקַּח רִבְקָה אֶת בִּגְדֵי עֵשָׂו בְּנָהּ הַגָּדֹל הַחֲמֻדֹת אֲשֶׁר אִתָּהּ בַּבָּיִת וַתַּלְבֵּשׁ אֶת יַעֲקֹב בְּנָהּ הַקָּטָן"- בְּרֵאשִׁית כז טו (רִבְקָה מַלְבִּישָׁה אֶת יַעֲקֹב בִּבְגָדֵי עֵשָׂו), וְכֵן: "הַפְשֵׁט הַזְּמַן בִּגְדֵי חֲרָדוֹת/ וְלָבַשׁ אֶת בְּגָדָיו הַחֲמוּדוֹת?"- יְהוּדָה הַלֵּוִי/ הַפְשֵׁט זְמַן, וְכֵן: "עַתָּה כְּשֶׁפָּשַׁט הַזְּמַן בִּגְדֵי הַחֲמוּדוֹת וְהַיּוֹפִי כָּל כָּךְ/ נָדִיר"- נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ רוֹזָה)

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