Commentary for I Samuel 2:18
וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל מְשָׁרֵ֖ת אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה נַ֕עַר חָג֖וּר אֵפ֥וֹד בָּֽד׃
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
Rashi on I Samuel
A lad girded with a linen robe. [Targum renders] "כַּרְדּוּט of linen," meaning a robe, for Targum Yonoson renders מְעִילִים in the passage כִּי כֵן תִּלְבַּשְׁנָה הַבְּתוּלוֹת מְעִילִים "for such so מְעִילִים were worn by the maidens…",9II Shmuel 13:18. as כַּרְדוּטִין.
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