Skirt
Skirt
is the rendering in the A.V. properly of , shul (so called as being pendulous), the flowing train of a female dress (skirts, Jer 13:22; Jer 13:26; Lam 1:9; Nah 3:5; train, Isa 6:1; elsewhere hem); more vaguely of , kanaph (literally a wing), the flap of a robe (Deu 22:30; Deu 27:20; Rth 3:9; 1Sa 15:27; 1Sa 24:4-5; 1Sa 24:11; Eze 5:3; Hag 2:12; Zec 8:23); improperly of , peh (literally the mouth, as usually rendered), the upper opening of a garment around the neck (Psa 133:2; hole, Exo 28:32; Exo 39:23; collar, Job 30:18). To raise the skirts of a female’s garment is put for a symbol of the greatest insult and disgrace (Jer 13:22; Jer 13:26; Nah 3:5; comp. Isa 57:2); whereas to cover her with one’s skirt was a token of matrimony (Rth 3:9), or to remove it was preliminary to sexual intercourse (Deu 23:1); the wide Oriental outer garment serving as a coverlet by night. SEE DRESS.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Skirt
SKIRT.See Dress 4 (b).
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Skirt
skurt: (1) , kanaph, wing extremity (Rth 3:9, etc.), is the usual word. But in 1Sa 24:4 ff perhaps corner is the best translation. (2) , shul, loose hanging (Exo 28:33, etc.; in the King James Version often rendered hem). (3) , peh, mouth, opening (Psa 133:2, the precious oil … that came down upon the skirt). But the opening is that for is that for the head, so that the Revised Version margin collar is the correct translation. Skirt is frequently used in a euphemistic sense, for which the commentaries must be consulted. See DRESS; TRAIN.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Skirt
See Dress
Dress
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Skirt
Rth 3:9 (c) The action mentioned here probably refers to the sealing of a friendship which was based on relationship. It is an indication that he was accepting her as her near kinsman, and therefore would be her protector. (See also Eze 16:8).