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title: שִׂמְלָה — wrapper · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׂמְלָה (8071), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 29 times: wrapper. BDB 1906: n.f. wrapper, mantle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׂמְלָה

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«שִׂמְלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wrapper** — 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:** 29 times · **Key:** 8071 · **BDB:** שִׂמְלָה

### Glosses

clothes (10); cloak (4); clothing (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wrapper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8071/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wrapper, mantle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8071/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wrapper, mantle;—abs. שׂ׳ Gn 9:23 +, cstr. שִׂמְלַת Dt 21:13; 22:5; sf. שִׂמְלָֽתְךָ Dt 8:4, etc.; pl. שְׂמָלֹת Gn 45:22(×2) +, sf. שִׂמְלֹתָם 44:13 +, etc.;—wrapper, mantle (of man or \[Ru 3:3 +\] woman), usually square piece of cloth worn as outer garment (v. MackieHast.DB i. 625; BenzEncy. Bib. iii. 2932), Gn 35:2 Ex 22:26 (both E), Dt 8:4; 10:18; 21:13; 22:3; Is 3:6, 7; 9:4; 2 S 12:20 Kt, Ru 3:3 Kt (Qr in both pl.); as covering in sleep Gn 9:23 (J; cf. Ex 22:26), bed-covering Dt 22:17; covering or receptacle for articles Ex 12:34 (E), Ju 8:25 1 S 21:10, cf. Pr 30:4; more gen. garment, Dt 22:5, clothes (pl.) Gn 37:34; 44:13 (J), 41:14 Ex 19:10, 14 (all E), Jos 7:6 (JE), Is 4:1; as costly gifts Gn 45:22(×2) Ex 3:22; 12:35 (all E).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׂמְלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8071/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 44:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.13/)

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וַֽיִּקְרְע֖וּ שִׂמְלֹתָ֑ם וַֽיַּעֲמֹס֙ אִ֣ישׁ עַל־חֲמֹר֔וֹ וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ הָעִֽירָה׃

*Word for word:* and they.tore clothes their and he.loaded each.man on donkey his and they.went.back to the city

*JPS 1917:* And they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

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[Deuteronomy 8:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.8.4/)

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שִׂמְלָ֨תְךָ֜ לֹ֤א בָֽלְתָה֙ מֵֽעָלֶ֔יךָ וְרַגְלְךָ֖ לֹ֣א בָצֵ֑קָה זֶ֖ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* clothing your not it.wore.out from on you and foot your not it.swelled this forty year\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

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