Lexical Definition

‎שִׂמְלָה‎ simlâh (sim-law') mantle ^H:N-F
perhaps by permutation for the feminine of ‎סֶמֶל‎ (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath)

apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare ‎שַׂלְמָה‎.

• a dress, especially a mantle

1) wrapper, mantle, covering garment, garments, clothes, raiment, a cloth

See Greek: ἱμάτιον · ἱματισμός · στολή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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](/btb/not_created.html) +] 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 (JE); as costly gifts Gen 45:22 (twice in verse); Exod 3:22; Exod 12:35 (all E).

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