כַּרְבֵּל karbêl — to gird or clothe
Translated in the KJV as clothed.
from the same as H3525; to gird or clothe.
karbêl in each stem
Pu'al
Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them
Participle (passive) 1
מְכֻרְבָּ֣ל 1Chr 15:27 Participle (passive), masculine singular
And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›
