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Originally Posted by TheLegalist
any study will show geber is not strictly used and is used many times with the meaning of man and very little as warrior. As many times it is used in a verse surrounded by adam/iysh/enos/ etc.. it doesn't really stand out as anything of a warrior but more of emphasis of stature than warrior as man is the head figure of order. The context of it's usage has consistent parallel usage of that of the word woman. Making it strictly for "warrior gear" negates both sides of the text of women to man and man to women. Actually it would make the text nonsensical.
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Good point.
I still think that the focus is on the Hebrew word "wear" meaning, to become, not simply "putting on".
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