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ARMLET

A band worn on the arm. According to 2 Sam. 1:10, King Saul wore an armlet (Heb. ʾeṣʿāḏâ), perhaps as an insignia of office. At Isa. 3:20 haṣṣĕʿāḏôṯ probably designates jewelry for a woman’s arm (NRSV “armlets”; NIV “ankle chains”). Among the articles brought by Moses’ chief officers as an atonement offering from the captured booty were “armlets and bracelets” (Heb. ʾeṣʿāḏâ wĕṣāmîḏ; Num. 31:50), distinguishing jewelry worn on the upper arm and the wrist. Gold ornaments (Num. 31:50; 2 Sam. 1:10; cf. Gen. 24:22) are rare among archaeological finds from biblical times in Palestine, but iron, copper, and bronze are common. Carvings from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia often show male and female figures wearing ornaments on their upper arms, sometimes together with other ornaments on their wrists (cf. ANEP).

Joseph E. Jensen






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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