Armlet

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(for the arms). An arm ornament in general use in the East. “Bracelet” (2 Sam. 1:10).

From Manners and Customs of the Bible:

2 Samuel 1:10. I took ... the bracelet that was on his arm.
Etsadah, “bracelet,” is, according to Gesenius, more properly an anklet than a bracelet; yet as it is here spoken of in connection with the arm it doubtless means an armlet. The word occurs also in Numbers 31:50, where it is associated with tsamid, (bracelet,) and is rendered “chains.” Saul’s armlet is supposed to have been a part of the insignia of his’ royalty. Egyptian monarchs are often represented on the monuments wearing armlets and bracelets. The Persian kings often wore them, and they are still common among Oriental sovereigns, many of them being elaborately wrought and richly ornamented with jewels. From Song of Solomon 8:6, it appears that the signet was sometimes placed in the armlet: “As a seal upon thine arm.”

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