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arm´let: The word translated “bracelet†in the King James Version, probably denotes an “armlet,†or “arm-band,†worn on the upper arm. But it is the same word which with a different context is rendered “ankle-chains†(in the Revised Version (British and American)). The “bracelet†of Sirach 21:21 the King James Version, worn upon the right arm, was an “armlet,†as is seen from the list given of Judith's ornaments: who “decked herself bravely with her armlets (the Revised Version (British and American) 'chains') and her bracelets, and her rings, and her ear-rings, and all her ornaments†(Judith 10:4). The nature of the ornaments given in the Revised Version (British and American) as “armlets,†; , and in the King James Version as “tablets,†is uncertain. For full and distinguishing, descriptions of “arm-lets,†“anklets,†“bracelets,†etc., found in ancient graves, see PEFS, 1905, 318ff. See also ORNAMENT.
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