Day 61 of 75 · Parables and teaching
L-B-Sh
lbusha: garment
לבש · לביש
ܠܒܫ · ܠܒܝܫ
The feel
Lbesh means to put on or wear, and lbusha is a garment. The verb appears 21 times. Soft robes belong in a palace, a healed man is clothed and in his right mind again, the grass is dressed better than Solomon, and a returning son is given the best robe.
The root family
| Form | Pattern | Transliteration | Script | Standard | Qala rendering |
|---|
| lbesh | Peal verb, perfect | lbesh | לבש ܠܒܫ | to clothe, put on | put on · wore (21 occurrences) |
| lbish | Peal passive participle | lbish | לביש ܠܒܝܫ | clothed, arrayed | dressed in · wearing (Matthew 11:8) |
| lbusha | noun, emphatic | lbushā | לבושא ܠܒܘܫܐ | garment, clothing | clothes: "the body more than clothes" (Matthew 6:25) |
The Peal, lbesh, means to put on or wear, and the Aphel, albesh, means to clothe someone else, as God clothes the grass (Matthew 6:30) and the father has his son dressed (Luke 15:22).
In his voice
Matthew 6:30
If God dresses the grass of the field like that, here today and falling into the oven tomorrow, won't he clothe you all the more, you of little trust?
malbesh, "dresses." The Aphel participle, so God is the one doing the clothing. The grass he dresses never spun a thread.
Matthew 11:8
What did you go out to see, then? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear soft clothes are in the houses of kings.
lbish, "clothed, wearing." The passive participle. Soft clothes belong in the houses of kings, and John, out in the wilderness, does not wear them.
Luke 15:22
But the father said to his slaves, 'Quick, bring out the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
albshuhi, "clothe him." The Aphel again. The son had planned a speech, and the father answers by having the best robe put on him.
Practice
Tomorrow morning, dress slowly and think of the son in Luke 15:22, who was given a robe he did not choose or put on himself. Then say lbesh aloud.
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