וַיִּמְעֲלוּ 1 Ch 5:2 5; 2 mpl. תִּמְעָ˜לוּ Ne 1: 8; Inf. cstr. לִמְעֹל , so read for ˜ למסר Nu 31:16 Thes D i;— act unfaithfully, treacherously , usually 1. מָעַל מַ˜עַל : a. abs. בַּחֵרֶם in the matter of the devoted thing (the sin of Achan) Jos 7:1 (JE), 22:20 ( P ), cf. Lv 5:15 ( P ), 2 Ch 36:14 Ez 14:1 3; 15:8 ; 18:24 . b. wife against ( בְּ ) husband Nu 5:12 , 27 ( P ; marital infidelity). c. elsewhere ag. ( בְּ ) God, Lv 26:40 ( H ), 5:21 Nu 5: 6; 31:16 (?) Jos 22:16 , 31 (all P ), 1 Ch 10:13 2 Ch 28:19 Ez 17:20 ; 20:27 ; 39:26 Dn 9: 7. 2. usage without מַעַל (only late): a. במשׁפט לא ימעל פיו Pr 16:10 let not his (the king’s) mouth act treacherously against justice ( RV in judgment ). b. elsewhere against God, c. בְּ , Dt 32:51 ( P ), 1 Ch 5:25 2 Ch 12: 3; 26:16 ; 28:22 ; 30:7 Ezr 10:2 Ne 13:27 Ez 39:2 3; without בְּ , 2 Ch 26:18 ; 29:6 Ezr 10:10 Ne 1: 8; בַּהֵרֶם 1 Ch 2: 7.
•
I
.
מַ˜עַל
S
4604, 4605
TWOT
1230a, 1624k
GK
5086, 5087
n.m.
Ezr 9:2
unfaithful, treacherous act
(
NH
מְעִילָה
)
;—
מ׳
Lv 5:15
+
16 times;
מָ˜עַל
Nu 5:12
+
2 times;
sf.
מַעֲלֹו
Ez 17:20
+
4 times;
מַעֲלָם
Ez 39:26
+
3 times;—
1.
ag. man:
נשׁאר מעל
Jb 21:34
faithlessness remains
(
cf.
Nu 5:1
2,
27 Pr 16:10
under
מָעַל
).
2.
elsewhere ag. God,
c.
בְּ
,
Jos 22:22
(
P
); without
בְּ
,
1 Ch 9:1 2 Ch 29:19
;
33:19 Ezr 9:
2,
4
;
10:6
.—
מַעַל
elsewhere only
c.
מָעַל
q.v.
(
1
; all cited).
•
מְעִיל
S
4598
TWOT
1230b
GK
5077
n.m.
1 S 2:19
robe
(
Thes conj.
orig. meaning
cover
for
√
מעל
,
cf.
בגד
;
BA
ES 15 comp.
Arabic
مُلَاءَةٌ
(
mulā˒atun
)
an outer garment
, but against this
Sta
ThLZ
, Apr. 28, 1894, 235
)
;—
מ׳
Ex 28:31
+
18 times;
sf.
מְעִילֹו
1 S 15:2
7;
מְעִלֹו
Jb 1:2
0;
2:12
+
4 times
sg.
;
pl.
מְעִילִים
2 S 13:18
, (but
del. We Klo Kit Bu S
S; orig. gloss
מֵעֹולָם
We Kit B
u);
מְעִילֵיהֶם
Ez 26:1
6;—exterior garment,
robe
, worn over the inner tunic
כְּתֹנֶת
:
1.
worn by men of rank: Saul and Jonathan
1 S 18:4
;
24:5
,
12
(×2); princes of the sea
Ez 26:16
; Job
Jb 1:20
;
2:12
; Samuel
1 S 15:27
;
28:14
; Ezra
Ezr 9:3
,
5
; David clothed with
מ׳ בוץ
1 Ch 15:27
(in the procession of the ark); the child Samuel had
מ׳קָטֹן
1 S 2:1
9;—(it had a skirt
כנף
1 S 15:2
7;
24:5
,
12
(×2)).
2.
worn by the daughters of David
2 S 13:18
(but prob.
del.
,
v. supr
.)
3.
robe of high priest (only
P
):
מְעִיל הָאֵפֹוד
, made of purple stuff,
Ex 28:31
;
29:5
;
39:22
;
אפוד ומעיל
28:
4;
הַמְּעִיל
Lv 8:
7, having
שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל
skirts
Ex 28:34
;
39:24
,
25
,
26
, around which were alternate coloured pomegranates and golden bells, and
פִּי הַמְּעִיל
, an opening or hole by which it might be drawn
ThLZ Theol. Literaturzeitung.