Strong's Lexicon

H8071

H8071 — שִׂמלָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewsimlahnoun femOccurrences: 31TWOT: 2270a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H8071
Word:	שִׂמלָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	perhaps by permutation for the feminine of H5566 (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	31
Transliteration:	simlah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	sim-law'
Meaning:	1. a dress, especially a mantle
KJV Renderings:	apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8262

שִׂמְלָה noun feminine wrapper, mantle; — absolute ׳ שׂ Gen 9:23 +, construct שִׂמְלַת Deut 21:13; Deut 22:5 suffix שִׂמְלָֽתְךָ Deut 8:4, etc.; plural שְׂמָלֹת Gen 45:22 (twice in verse) +, suffix שִׂמְלֹתָם Gen 44:13 +, etc.; — wrapper, mantle (of man or [Ruth 3:3 +] woman), usually square piece of cloth worn as outer garment (see Mackie^{Hast. DB. i. 625}; Benz^{Ency. Bib.
iii. 2932}), Gen 35:2; Exod 22:26 (both E ), Deut 8:4; Deut 10:18; Deut 21:13; Deut 22:3; Isa 3:6; Isa 3:7; Isa 9:4; 2Sam 12:20 Kt , Ruth 3:3 Kt ( Qr in both plural); as covering in sleep Gen 9:23 ( J ; compare Exod 22:26), bed-covering Deut 22:17 covering or receptacle for articles Exod 12:34 ( E ), Judg 8:25 ; 1Sam 21:10 , compare Prov 30:4 more generally garment, Deut 22:5, clothes (plural) Gen 37:34; Gen 44:13 ( J ), Gen 41:14 ; Exod 19:10 ; Exod 19:14 (all E ), Josh 7:6 ( J E ); as costly gifts Gen 45:22 (twice in verse); Exod 3:22; Exod 12:35 (all E ).

BDB8264

II. שַׂלְמָה noun feminine id. (transposed from שִׂמְלָה); — absolute ׳ שׂ Exod 22:8 +, construct שַׂלְמַת v.Exod 22:25 suffix שַׂלְמָתוֺ Deut 24:13 plural שְׂלָמוֺת Josh 9:5 +, suffix שַׂלְמֹתֵיהֶם Josh 9:13, etc.; — garment (of man or [Song 4:11] woman): outer garment Exod 22:8; Exod 22:25 ( E ), Josh 9:5; Josh 9:13 ( J E ), Deut 24:13; 1Kgs 11:29; 1Kgs 11:30; Ps 104:2 (figurative); in general clothes (plural) Deut 29:4; Neh 9:21; Job 9:31; Song 4:11 as costly gifts 1Kgs 10:25 = 2Chr 9:24 as booty Josh 22:8 (late). — Mic 2:8 read probably שֹׁלְמֹה) Roo , RS^{Proph. vii. N. 4}), or שֹׁלְמִים ( We Now GASm), him (those) at peace (with him), compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6 .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke