I Chronicles 15:27 Commentary: Rashi & Radak

וְדָוִ֞יד מְכֻרְבָּ֣ל ׀ בִּמְעִ֣יל בּ֗וּץ וְכָל־הַלְוִיִּם֙ הַנֹּשְׂאִ֣ים אֶת־הָאָר֔וֹן וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים וּכְנַנְיָ֛ה הַשַּׂ֥ר הַמַּשָּׂ֖א הַמְשֹֽׁרְרִ֑ים וְעַל־דָּוִ֖יד אֵפ֥וֹד בָּֽד׃

And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the singers in the song; and David had upon him an ephod of linen.

Rashi on I Chronicles

And David was enwrapped in a linen robe - Heb. מְכֻרְבָּל enwrapped, as in Daniel (3:21): “their robes (וְכַרְבְּלָתְהוֹן).” A similar case is the comb (כַּרְבַּלְתָּא) of a rooster.
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Rashi on I Chronicles

and all the Levites were likewise enwrapped in linen robes, and since David was a singer like the Levites, he too wore their raiments, which they wore, and proof of this - to distinguish between the unclean and the clean: It was the custom of the heathen kings and princes, that when they would dine with their priests according to their custom, they would don the garb of their priests.
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Radak on I Chronicles

and Chenaniah the leader of the... song - Heb. הַשַּׂר הַמַּשָּׂא. The noun in the construct state is missing.[It should be] הַשַּׂר שַׂר הַמַּשָּׂא, the leader, the leader of the song, and similarly, (Jos. 3:14): “the Ark of the Covenant (הָאָרוֹן הַבְּרִית),” and others.
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