the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bag
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or A comprehensive term in the A. V. for various Hebrew words. The most adequate Hebrew expression for a large bag is "ḥariá¹" (compare Arabic), which can contain a talent of silver, as in 2 Kings 5:23. The same word occurs in the list of woman's apparel and ornaments, given in Isaiah 3:22, and is usually understood as a satchel (thus R. V.; "crisping pins," A. V.). In Genesis 42:25 the general term for a vessel ("keli") to carry grain is freely translated "bag," being used interchangeably with "sack." In 1 Samuel 9:7, 21:6, the same wordâA. V. "vessels"âdenotes the receptacles for carrying food, which need not necessarily have been bags. In 1 Samuel 17:40,49, it stands for the same word ("vessel," A. V., margin) in "the shepherd's bag." The Hebrew text seems to mean rather "a shepherd's outfit" in a much more general sense (compare Zechariah 11:15, "the instruments of a foolish shepherd").
There is, furthermore, the small bag ("kis"), containing the weights of the merchant (Deuteronomy 25:13; Proverbs 16:11; Micah 6:11) carried in the girdle; and perhaps another containing his money (Isaiah 46:6; rendered "purse," Proverbs 1:14). Another word for the small money-bag is "áºeror" (Proverbs 7:20; Haggai 1:6; "bundle," Gen. xlii 35; 25, 29; compare the denominative verb "to put up or to bind in bags," 2 Kings 12:10 [Hebr. 11], see margin). The word is used in a more general sense, perhaps, in Job 14:17. In Song of Solomon 1:13 the "bundle of myrrh" seems to mean a little perfume-bag hung around the neck of a woman.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Bag'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/b/bag.html. 1901.
