Midvash

צָעִיףtsâʻîyph

wrapper, shawl, or veil (Genesis 24:65; Genesis 38:14; Genesis 38:19)

Pronunciation: tsaw-eef' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6809

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 24:65 “Who is that man walking through the fields to meet us?” she asked the servant. And he replied, “It is my master.” So Rebekah covered her face with her veil.
  • Genesis 38:14 Tamar was aware that Shelah had grown up, but no arrangements had been made for her to come and marry him. So she changed out of her widow’s clothing and covered herself with a veil to disguise herself. Then she sat beside the road at the entrance to the village of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.
  • Genesis 38:19 Afterward she went back home, took off her veil, and put on her widow’s clothing as usual.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).