Harness

"(1.) Heb. `asar, "to bind;" hence the act of fastening animals" "to a cart (1 Sam. 6:7, 10; Jer. 46:4, etc.)." "(2.) An Old English word for "armour;" Heb. neshek (2 Chr. 9:24). "(3.) Heb. shiryan, a coat of mail (1 Kings 22:34; 2 Chr. 18:33; "rendered "breastplate" in Isa. 59:17)." "(4.) The children of Israel passed out of Egypt "harnessed" (Ex. "13:18), i.e., in an orderly manner, and as if to meet a foe. The" word so rendered is probably a derivative from Hebrew hamesh "(i.e., "five"), and may denote that they went up in five" "divisions, viz., the van, centre, two wings, and rear-guard."