Hebrew word study

שִׂמְלָהsimlâh a dress, especially a mantle

Pronounced “sim-law'

a dress, especially a mantle

Translated in the King James as: apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare H8008 (שַׂלְמָה).

Appears 29 times in Scripture

Origin: perhaps by permutation for the feminine of H5566 (סֶמֶל) (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath);

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Where it appears

Genesis 7×
Genesis 9:23Genesis 35:2Genesis 37:34Genesis 41:14Genesis 44:13Genesis 45:22+ 1 more in Genesis
Exodus 6×
Exodus 3:22Exodus 12:34Exodus 12:35Exodus 19:10Exodus 19:14Exodus 22:27
Deuteronomy 6×
Deuteronomy 8:4Deuteronomy 10:18Deuteronomy 21:13Deuteronomy 22:3Deuteronomy 22:5Deuteronomy 22:17
Joshua 1×
Joshua 7:6
Judges 1×
Judges 8:25
Ruth 1×
Ruth 3:3
1 Samuel 1×
1 Sam 21:9
2 Samuel 1×
2 Sam 12:20
Proverbs 1×
Proverbs 30:4
Isaiah 4×
Isaiah 3:6Isaiah 3:7Isaiah 4:1Isaiah 9:5

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