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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H8071

שִׂמְלָה

simlahsim-law'

mantle

29 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: simlâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8071is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 25
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H8071

a dress, especially a mantle

The King James renders it: apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare H8008 (שַׂלְמָה).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

simlah is rendered "mantle". It stands 29 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 9:23Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.

The first use

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Genesis 9:23הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in ten of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • clothes his3
  • clothes their3
  • the garment3
  • a cloak2
  • and clothes2
  • clothes2
  • clothing of2
  • in the cloak2
  • and cloak1
  • and clothing1
  • and own clothing our1
  • cloak his1

and 6 more, 29 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שִׂמְחָהsimchahjoyUses94

All 29, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

25 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו3
  • הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה2
  • שִׂמְלֹתָֽם׃2
  • בַשִּׂמְלָה֮1
  • בַּשִּׂמְלָ֗ה1
  • בְּשִׂמְלֹתָ֖ם1
  • הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה1
  • וְשִׂמְלָ֖ה1
  • וְשִׂמְלָֽה׃1
  • וּשְׂמָלֹ֑ת1
  • וּשְׂמָלֹֽת׃1
  • וְשִׂמְלָתֵ֖נוּ1

and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HNcfpc/Sp3ms
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HNcfpc/Sp3mp
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3HTd/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural2HC/Ncfpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2HC/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine plural2HNcfpa
  • noun · feminine singular2HNcfsa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfsc
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2HRd/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HC/Ncfsc/Sp1bp
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcfpc/Sp2fs
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HNcfpc/Sp2mp

Genesis

seven uses
  • Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

    Genesis 9:23

    • הַשִּׂמְלָ֗הhasimlahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the garment
  • So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

    Genesis 35:2

    • שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃simloteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: clothes your
  • Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

    Genesis 37:34

    • שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יוsimlotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: clothes his
  • So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.

    Genesis 41:14

    • שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יוsimlotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: clothes his
  • Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.

    Genesis 44:13

    • שִׂמְלֹתָ֑םsimlotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: clothes their
  • He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.

    Genesis 45:22

    • שְׂמָלֹ֑תsemalotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: clothes
    • שְׂמָלֹֽת׃semalotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: clothes

Exodus

six uses
  • Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

    Exodus 3:22

    • וּשְׂמָלֹ֑תusemalotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and clothes
  • So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.

    Exodus 12:34

    • בְּשִׂמְלֹתָ֖םbesimlotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in clothes their
  • Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.

    Exodus 12:35

    • וּשְׂמָלֹֽת׃usemalotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and clothes
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

    Exodus 19:10

    • שִׂמְלֹתָֽם׃simlotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: clothes their
  • When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

    Exodus 19:14

    • שִׂמְלֹתָֽם׃simlotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: clothes their
  • because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

    Exodus 22:27

    • שִׂמְלָת֖וֹsimlatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: cloak his

Deuteronomy

six uses
  • Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

    Deuteronomy 8:4

    • שִׂמְלָ֨תְךָ֜simlatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: clothing your
  • He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

    Deuteronomy 10:18

    • וְשִׂמְלָֽה׃vesimlahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and clothing
  • and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

    Deuteronomy 21:13

    • שִׂמְלַ֨תsimlatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: clothing of
  • And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

    Deuteronomy 22:3

    • לְשִׂמְלָתוֹ֒lesimlatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: for clothing his
  • A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

    Deuteronomy 22:5

    • שִׂמְלַ֣תsimlatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: clothing of
  • And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.

    Deuteronomy 22:17

    • הַשִּׂמְלָ֔הhasimlahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the garment

Joshua

one use
  • Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.

    Joshua 7:6

    • שִׂמְלֹתָ֗יוsimlotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: clothes his

Judges

one use
  • “We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

    Judges 8:25

    • הַשִּׂמְלָ֔הhasimlahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the garment

Ruth

one use
  • Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

    Ruth 3:3

    • שִׂמְלֹתַ֛יִךְsimlotekhnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: garments your

1 Samuel

one use
  • The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”

    1 Samuel 21:9

    • בַשִּׂמְלָה֮vasimlahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the cloak

2 Samuel

one use
  • Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.

    2 Samuel 12:20

    • שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יוsimlotonoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: garments his

Proverbs

one use
  • Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!

    Proverbs 30:4

    • בַּשִּׂמְלָ֗הbasimlahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the cloak

Isaiah

four uses
  • A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”

    Isaiah 3:6

    • שִׂמְלָ֣הsimlahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a cloak
  • On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”

    Isaiah 3:7

    • שִׂמְלָ֑הsimlahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a cloak
  • In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”

    Isaiah 4:1

    • וְשִׂמְלָתֵ֖נוּvesimlatenuconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and own clothing our
  • For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

    Isaiah 9:5

    • וְשִׂמְלָ֖הvesimlahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and cloak

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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