עֲטִיפָה II f. (עָטַף) 1) wrapping one’s self up in mourning. M. Kat. 24ᵃ כל ע׳ שאינה כעֲטִיפַת וכ׳ a covering which is not like the covering of the Ishmaelites (up to the lip) is not a mourner’s covering. —2) putting on a cloak, upper garment. Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵇ top כעֲטִיפָתֵנוּ בחול וכ׳ as we dress on week days, so do we on the Sabbath (we have no change of cloaks); Ruth R. to III, 3. Gen. R. s. 11, beg. ברכו בע׳ he blessed it (the Sabbath) with the distinction of a special cloak; Yalk. ib. 16. Gen. R. s. 82 שינו עֲטִיפָתָן וכ׳ changed their (Jewish) cloaks in days of persecution; Yalk. ib. 136; Yalk. Is. 263. Cant. R. to V, 9 מלך בשר ודם מעֲטִיפָתוֹ ניכר a human king is distinguished by his cloak. Treat. Der. Er. Zuta ch. V בארבעה … ובעטיפתן by four things are scholars recognized … by their cloaks; a. e.