לָבַשׁ (b. h.) [to join closely; denom. לְבוּשׁ garment, whence] לָבֵשׁ, לָבַשׁ to be dressed; to put on (an undergarment), contrad. to עטף, כסה. Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵇ top אדם … לוֹבֵשׁ שחורים ומתעטף וכ׳ a defendant before a human court puts on dark clothes and wraps himself in dark clothes, …; אבל ישראל אינו כן אלא לוֹבְשִׁים וכ׳ but not so the Israelites (on the New Year), but they put on white (festive) clothes &c. M. Kat. 17ᵃ יִלְבַּשׁ שחורים ויתעטף וכ׳ let him put on dark clothes &c.; Kidd. 40ᵃ; Ḥag. 16ᵃ.—Gen. R. s. 75 לוֹבְשֵׁי ברזל; Yalk. ib. 130 לְבוּשֵׁי, v. בַּרְזֶל. Ex. R. s. 15 בריאים כדי לִלְבּוֹשׁ וכ׳ strong enough to wear helmets &c.; a. fr.—Part. pass. לָבוּשׁ, pl. לְבוּשִׁים. Ib. אחד ערום ואחד ל׳ one (the depth) was naked, the other (the earth) was covered (with water). Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 177ᵇ ל׳ לבנים וכ׳ clad in white and wrapped in white. Yalk. Gen. 130, v. supra; a. fr.
Pi. - לִבֵּשׁ to invest; part. pass. מְלוּבָּשׁ. B. Bath. 122ᵃ מל׳ אורים וכ׳ invested with the Urim and Tummim. Tosef. Ohol. XIII, 5 [read with R. S. to Ohol. XII, 4) מלבין שׁהוא מלובש בפיקות a bed frame upholstered with tufts.
Hif. - הִלְבִּישׁ to clothe, invest. Ex. R. l. c. הפשיט … והִלְבִּישָׁהּ לחבירו he caused one slave to take off his garment and the other to put it on. Sot. 14ᵃ מה הוא מַלְבִּישׁ … אף אתה הַלְבֵּשׁ וכ׳ as He clothes the naked …, so do thou &c. Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 ומַלְבִּישָׁן כלי זיין וכ׳ (not ומלביש) and clothes them in armor &c. Ib. (ref. to Ps. CIV, 1) זה העוז שהִלְבַּשְׁתִּיךָ בים that is the strength with which I invested thee at the Red Sea. Ib. מהודך והדרך הִלְבַּשְׁתָּ לראשו וכ׳ part of thy glory and majesty hast thou put on Abraham’s head by granting him the dignity of old age. Yoma 5ᵇ כיצד הִלְבִּישָׁן in what order did Moses clothe them?—Y. Shek. V, 49ᵃ (expl. פנחס המַלְבִּישׁ, ib. V, 1, Mish. ed. על המלבוש) שהיה מַלְבִּישׁ בגדי וכ׳ he invested (the appointed person) with (had in charge) the high priest’s garments; a. fr.