Sagum

SAGUM. St. Jerom translates sometimes by saga cilicina, or saga de pilis caprarum, the Hebrew Words jerioth hezim, which signify the Veils or Curtains of Goat’s-hair that cover’d the Sanctum and the Sanctuary. See Exod. xxvi. 7, 8, &c. for the Description of these Curtains. Sagum is also put for a Cassock, an antient military Garment, and it is found in this Sense in the Book of Judges, iii. 16. b where it is said, That Ehud made him a Dagger, which had two Edges, of a Cubit length; and he did gird it under his Raiment, upon his right Thigh. The Vulgate reads here, Accinctus est eo subter Sagum in dextro femore. But the Hebrew says only, under his Cloaths.

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