שִׂמְלָה noun feminine wrapper, mantle; — absolute ׳שׂ [Gen 9:23] +, construct שִׂמְלַת [Deut 21:13]; [Deut 22:5] suffix שִׂמְלָֽתְךָ [Deut 8:4], etc.; plural שְׂמָלֹת [Gen 45:22] (twice in verse) +, suffix שִׂמְלֹתָם [Gen 44:13] +, etc.; — wrapper, mantle (of man or [[Ruth 3:3] +] woman), usually square piece of cloth worn as outer garment (see MackieHast. DB. i. 625; BenzEncy. Bib. iii. 2932), [Gen 35:2]; [Exod 22:26] (both E), [Deut 8:4]; [Deut 10:18]; [Deut 21:13]; [Deut 22:3]; [Isa 3:6]; [Isa 3:7]; [Isa 9:4]; [2Sam 12:20] Kt, [Ruth 3:3] Kt (Qr in both plural); as covering in sleep [Gen 9:23] (J; compare [Exod 22:26]), bed-covering [Deut 22:17] covering or receptacle for articles [Exod 12:34] (E), [Judg 8:25]; [1Sam 21:10], compare [Prov 30:4] more generally garment, [Deut 22:5], clothes (plural) [Gen 37:34]; [Gen 44:13] (J), [Gen 41:14]; [Exod 19:10]; [Exod 19:14] (all E), [Josh 7:6] (JE); as costly gifts [Gen 45:22] (twice in verse); [Exod 3:22]; [Exod 12:35] (all E).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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