שִׂמְלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8071

wrapper — used 29 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

wrapper tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שִׂמְלָה: n.f. wrapper, mantle tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. wrapper, mantle;—abs. שׂ׳ Gn 9:23 +, cstr. שִׂמְלַת Dt 21:13; 22:5; sf. שִׂמְלָֽתְךָ Dt 8:4, etc.; pl. שְׂמָלֹת Gn 45:22(×2) +, sf. שִׂמְלֹתָם 44:13 +, etc.;—wrapper, mantle (of man or [Ru 3:3 +] woman), usually square piece of cloth worn as outer garment (v. MackieHast.DB i. 625; BenzEncy. Bib. iii. 2932), Gn 35:2 Ex 22:26 (both E), Dt 8:4; 10:18; 21:13; 22:3; Is 3:6, 7; 9:4; 2 S 12:20 Kt, Ru 3:3 Kt (Qr in both pl.); as covering in sleep Gn 9:23 (J; cf. Ex 22:26), bed-covering Dt 22:17; covering or receptacle for articles Ex 12:34 (E), Ju 8:25 1 S 21:10, cf. Pr 30:4; more gen. garment, Dt 22:5, clothes (pl.) Gn 37:34; 44:13 (J), 41:14 Ex 19:10, 14 (all E), Jos 7:6 (JE), Is 4:1; as costly gifts Gn 45:22(×2) Ex 3:22; 12:35 (all E).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: clothes (10); cloak (4); clothing (3).

In the verses

Genesis 44:13 · tree →

וַֽיִּקְרְע֖וּ שִׂמְלֹתָ֑ם וַֽיַּעֲמֹס֙ אִ֣ישׁ עַל־חֲמֹר֔וֹ וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ הָעִֽירָה׃

Word for word: and they.tore clothes their and he.loaded each.man on donkey his and they.went.back to the city

JPS 1917: And they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

Deuteronomy 8:4 · tree →

שִׂמְלָ֨תְךָ֜ לֹ֤א בָֽלְתָה֙ מֵֽעָלֶ֔יךָ וְרַגְלְךָ֖ לֹ֣א בָצֵ֑קָה זֶ֖ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃

Word for word: clothing your not it.wore.out from on you and foot your not it.swelled this forty year[s]

JPS 1917: Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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