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);
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 7×
Deuteronomy — 6×
Joshua — 1×
Judges — 1×
Ruth — 1×
1 Samuel — 1×
2 Samuel — 1×
Proverbs — 1×
Isaiah — 4×
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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.