שִׂמְלָה simlah

Hebrew word for “mantle” · Strong’s H8071 · used 29 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

Glosses given for simlah in context, with how often each is used:

• clothes 12
• cloak 6
• clothing 5
• garment 3
• garments 2
• own clothing 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 22 (3), Exodus 12 (2), Exodus 19 (2), Isaiah 3 (2), Genesis 9 (1), Genesis 35 (1), Genesis 37 (1), Genesis 41 (1), Genesis 44 (1), Genesis 45 (1)

Forms

• שׂמלתיו 4
• שׂמלת 4
• השׂמלה 3
• שׂמלתם 3
• ושׂמלת 2
• ושׂמלה 2
• בשׂמלה 2
• שׂמלה 2
• שׂמלתיכם 1
• בשׂמלתם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with simlah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שׂוּם sum “to set” 7
• חָלַף chalaph “to pass” 3
• קָרַע qara “to tear” 3
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 4
• סוּךְ sukh “to anoint” 2
• קָצִין qatsin “chief” 2
• שָׁאַל shaal “to ask” 3
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 4
• שְׁכֶם shekhem “shoulder” 2
• כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 3
• כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 3
• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 3

Key verses

The verses using simlah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 35:2 — Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
• Genesis 37:34 — And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
• Genesis 41:14 — Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
• Exodus 3:22 — But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put…
• Exodus 12:35 — And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
• Exodus 19:10 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
• Exodus 22:27 — For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for…
• Deuteronomy 10:18 — He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
• Joshua 7:6 — And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon…
• Proverbs 30:4 — Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the…
• Isaiah 4:1 — And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take…
• Isaiah 9:5 — For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.