אַדֶּ֥רֶת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אַדֶּ֥רֶת

   ad-DE-ret

   a cloak
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אַדֶּ֥רֶת שֵׂעָ֖ר

   ad-DE-ret se-AR

   a cloak of hair
3. clause🔊 וְלֹ֧א יִלְבְּשׁ֛וּ אַדֶּ֥רֶת שֵׂעָ֖ר לְמַ֥עַן כַּחֵֽשׁ׃

   ve-LO yil-be-SHU ad-DE-ret se-AR le-MA-an ka-KHESH

   and not they will put on or they will wear a cloak of hair in order that to deceive or to deny
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיָ֣ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יֵבֹ֧שׁוּ הַנְּבִיאִ֛ים אִ֥ישׁ מֵחֶזְיֹנ֖וֹ בְּהִנָּֽבְאֹת֑וֹ וְלֹ֧א יִלְבְּשׁ֛וּ אַדֶּ֥רֶת שֵׂעָ֖ר לְמַ֥עַן כַּחֵֽשׁ׃

   ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ye-VO-shu han-ne-vi-IM ISH me-khez-YO-no be-hin-na-ve-O-to ve-LO yil-be-SHU ad-DE-ret se-AR le-MA-an ka-KHESH

   and it will be in the day that they will be ashamed the prophets a man or each one from his vision when he prophesies or in his prophesying and not they will put on or they will wear a cloak of hair in order that to deceive or to deny

Exegesis

The negative velo yilbeshu {וְלֹ֧א יִלְבְּשׁ֛וּ | wə-lō yilbəšû} ‘and not they will wear’ marks the prohibition of adderet sear {אַדֶּרֶת שֵׂעָ֖ר | adderet se·ʿar} ‘cloak of hair’, with lemaan kachesh {לְמַ֥עַן כַּחֵֽשׁ | le·maʿan ka·ḥēš} ‘in order to deception’ denoting the illicit motive.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־ד־רʼ-d-r

“splendid garment”

• 🔊 אַדִּירă·dîrmajesticPsalm 8:2