Another Akkadianism in Ezekiel (and Daniel): לבש בדים = labiš kitê ‘clothed in linen"

Abstract

Ezekiel 9 and 10 feature a supernatural figure described as a man "clothed in linen (לָבֻשׁ בַּדִּים)" (Ezek. 9:2). This article identifies this and related expressions (including those in Daniel) as calques of Akkadian labiš kitê, used to describe certain classes of priests or perhaps as a term for a class of priests itself .