מְעִיל noun masculine^{1Samuel 2:19} robe (Thes conjecture original meaning cover for √ מעל, compare בגד; Ba ^{ES 15} compare Arabic an outer garment, but against this Sta^{ThLz, Apr. 28, 1894, 235}); — ׳מ Exodus 28:31 18t.; suffix מְעִילוֺ 1 Samuel 15:27; מְעִלוֺ Job 1:20; Job 2:12 4t. singular; plural מְעִילִים 2 Samuel 13:18, (but strike out We Klo Kit Bu SS; original gloss מֵעוֺלָם We Kit Bu); מְעִילֵיהֶם Ezekiel 26:16; — exterior garment, robe, worn over the inner tunic ׃ כְּתֹנֶת

1 worn by men of rank: Saul and Jonathan 1 Samuel 18:4; 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 24:12 (twice in verse); princes of the sea Ezekiel 26:16; Job Job 1:20; Job 2:12; Samuel 1 Samuel 15:27; 1 Samuel 28:14; Ezra Ezra 9:3,5; David clothed with בוץ ׳מ 1 Chronicles 15:27 (in the procession of the ark); the child Samuel had קָטֹן׳מ 1 Samuel 2:19; — (it had a skirt כנף 1 Samuel 15:27; 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 24:12 (twice in verse)).

2 worn by the daughters of David 2 Samuel 13:18 (but probably strike out, see above)

3 robe of high priest (only P): מְעִיל הָאֵפוֺד, made of purple stuff, Exodus 28:31; Exodus 29:5; Exodus 39:22; אפוד ומעיל Exodus 28:4; הַמְּעִיל Leviticus 8:7, having שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל skirts Exodus 28:34; Exodus 39:24,25,26, around which were alternate coloured pomegranates and golden bells, and מִּי הַמְּעִיל, an opening or hole by which it might be drawn over the head Exodus 39:28.

4 figurative of attributes (of ׳י, and of men), קנאה Isaiah 59:17; צדקה Isaiah 61:10; משׁפט Job 29:14; בשׁת Psalm 109:29.

II. מַ֫עַל see below עלה. מֵעַל see עַל. p. 751, 758f

[מֹ֫עַל], מַעֲלֶה, מַעֲלָה see below עלה.

[מַעֲלִיל, מַעֲלָל] see עלל.

[מַעֲמָד], מָעֳמָד see עמד. מַעֲמָסָה see עמס.

מַעֲמַקִּים see עמק. מַ֫עַן see מַעֲנֶה below I. עָנָה.

מַעֲנֶה, מַעֲנָה, מַעֲנִית see I. ענה.

מְעֹנָה see עון.