Robe מְעִיל

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Mar 4, 2026 · 2m

We are in chapter twenty-eight of Exodus with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible. מְעִיל sleeveless, cloak-like outer garment, robe. It is used 28 times in the Old Testament, used 3 times in our chapter. Our word is used to describe an exterior garment that covered an inner tunic. We see the tearing of our word used in the sense of grieving or great emotional distress. Ezra 9:3, 5 When I heard this, I tore my tunic וּמְעִילִ֑י and cloak, pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled … Then, at the evening sacrifice, I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic…