* Thy signet.
{Chothem,} or {chothemeth,} as in ver. 25, is properly a
ring-seal, with which impressions were made to ascertain
property, etc. From Jer 22:24, we find that it was worn on
the hand; though it might also have been suspended from the
neck by a ribband, as the Arabs still wear it.
25,26 Jer 22:24 Lu 15:22
* bracelets.
{Pathil,} from {pathal,} to twist, wreathe, may denote either
a wreath for the arm or neck, a twisted collar, or bracelet.
In the former sense the LXX. render it by [ormiskon,] and
Aquila and Symmachus by [strepton;] and in the latter sense,
the Vulgate renders it by {armillam.} It may have been a
collar by which the signet was suspended; though its being
used in the plural seems to favour the opinion of its being a
bracelet.
* gave it her.
25,26 Ho 4:11
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