Shawl
צָעִיףStrong’s H6809tsaiph (tsa-iph)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsaiph is the Hebrew word usually translated “veil” and “veil her”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.”
Meaning
- Wrapper, shawl, veil
How it's translated
- the veil 1
- with the veil 1
- veil her 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
- Genesis 38:19And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
Hebrew dictionary
צָעִיף tsaiph · shawl
wrapper, shawl, veil
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shawl” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHAWL, noun
A cloth of wool, cotton, silk or hair, used by females as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders. Shawls are of various sizes from that of a hankerchief to that of a counterpane. Shawls were originally manufactured in the heart of India from the fine silky wool of the Thibet sheep, and the best shawls now come from Cashmere; but they are also manufactured in Europe. The largest kinds are used in train-dresses and for long scarfs.
All definitions and other forms of “shawl”
SHAWM, noun
A hautboy or cornet; written also shalm, but not in use.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.