mitsnefet · turban

What it means

mitsnefet (מִצְנֶפֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “turban”.

The turban of the high priest.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The cloth wound on the high priest's head.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×8
• Leviticus×3
• Ezekiel×1

• Exodus 28:4

  These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a checkered tunic, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and for his sons to serve as priests for me.

• Exodus 28:37

  You shall fasten it on a cord of blue, and it shall be on the turban; on the front of the turban it shall be.

• Exodus 28:39

  You shall weave the tunic of fine linen, and make a turban of fine linen, and a sash you shall make, the work of an embroiderer.

• Exodus 29:6

  You shall set the turban on his head and put the holy diadem on the turban.

• Exodus 39:28

  and the turban of fine linen, and the headdresses of the caps of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of twisted fine linen;

• Exodus 39:31

  And they put on it a cord of blue to fasten it on the turban above, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Leviticus 8:9

  He put the turban on his head, and on the turban, on its front, he put the gold plate, the holy diadem, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Leviticus 16:4

  He shall put on a holy linen tunic, and linen undergarments shall be on his body, and he shall tie a linen sash around him, and wrap his head with a linen turban; they are holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water and put them on.

• Ezekiel 21:26

  thus says Adonai YHWH: Remove the turban and take off the crown! This will not be this! The low exalt, and the high bring low.

And 3 more times.