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title: שַׂלְמָה — garment · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂלְמָה (8008), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: garment. BDB 1906: n.f.id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂלְמָה

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«שַׂלְמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **garment** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 8008 · **BDB:** שַׂלְמָה²

### Glosses

garments (5); clothes (3); a.garment (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

garment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8008/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8008/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.id.(transp. from שִׂמְלָה);—abs. שׂ׳ Ex 22:8 +, cstr. שַׂלְמַת v 25; sf. שַׂלְמָתוֹ Dt 24:13; pl. שְׂלָמוֹת Jos 9:5 +, sf. שַׂלְמֹתֵיהֶם v 13, etc.;—garment (of man or \[Ct 4:11\] woman): outer garment Ex 22:8, 25 (E), Jos 9:5, 13 (JE), Dt 24:13; 1 K 11:29, 30 ψ 104:2 (fig.); in gen. clothes (pl.) Dt 29:4; Ne 9:21; Jb 9:31; Ct 4:11; as costly gifts 1 K 10:25 = 2 Ch 9:24; as booty Jos 22:8 (late).—Mi 2:8 read prob. שֹׁלְמֹה (Roorda, RSProph. vii. N. 4), or שֹׁלְמִים (We Now GASm), him (those) at pease (with him), cf. 𝔊𝔖.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׂלְמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8008/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.2/)

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עֹֽטֶה־א֭וֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָ֑ה נוֹטֶ֥ה שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם כַּיְרִיעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[you.are\].wrapping.yourself light like (the) garment \[you.are\].stretching.out \[the\].heavens like.(the) tent curtain

*JPS 1917:* Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

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[Job 9:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.31/)

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אָ֭ז בַּשַּׁ֣חַת תִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִי וְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִי שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃

*Word for word:* then in (the) pit you will.dip.me and they will.abhor.me clothes my.own

*JPS 1917:* Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

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