H3737 H3737
A helmet or cap worn on the head, possibly a turban or ceremonial headdress
This Aramaic noun appears only in Daniel 3:21, listing items worn by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego when cast into the furnace. Most likely a helmet or cap, though some suggest a mantle. The word is a Greek loan-word (κήρυξ) adapted into Aramaic, and cognates in Syriac and Assyrian point to headwear. The multilingual glosses consistently render it as 'hats,' 'turbans,' or 'bonnets,' suggesting formal or official headgear.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A head-covering worn by officials in the Babylonian court. Daniel's narrative lists this alongside robes and trousers, marking it as part of formal attire. Spanish 'turbantes' and French 'bonnet' suggest wrapped or fitted headgear, while English 'hats' is more generic. The term's presence in a list of garments that survived the fiery furnace emphasizes its material reality rather than metaphorical significance. 1×
AR["وَ-عَمَائِمِهِمْ"]·ben["এবং-তাদের-টুপি"]·DE["[וכרבלתהון]"]·EN["and-their-hats"]·FR["et-bonnet"]·heb["ו-כובעיהם"]·HI["और-उनकी-पगड़ियों"]·ID["dan-topi-mereka"]·IT["[וכרבלתהון]"]·jav["lan-kathokipun"]·KO["그리고-모자들-그들의"]·PT["e-chapéus-deles"]·RU["и-шапках-их"]·ES["y-sus-turbantes"]·SW["na-kofia-zao"]·TR["ve-başlıklarıyla"]·urd["اور-اپنے-ٹوپیوں-سمیت"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [כַּרְבְּלָא] n.f. prob. helmet, cap (> al. mantle, e.g. K§ 62; v. Dr) (NH כַּרְבָּלָה comb of cock; so J.Aram כַּרְבָּלְתָא, Syriac ܟܳܪܘܿܙ; Assyrian karballatu, cap AndrM 67, Muss-ArnAssyrian Dict. 436a; so SACJPhil. xxvi. 310 f., cf. BH [כדבל]);—pl. sf. כַּרְבְּלָֽתְהוֹן Dn 3:21.