שִׂמְלָה
śimlâ
wrapper
Strong's H8071NounHebrewTWOT 2270a

שִׂמְלָה (śimlâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning wrapper. It appears 31 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8071).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2270a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2270a)wrapper, mantle, outer garment, covering, garment, clothes; dress; apparel, clothing, raiment
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שִׂמְלָה noun, feminine: wrapper, mantle, outer garment, covering, garment, clothes

wrapper, mantle;—usually square piece of cloth worn as outer garment; as covering in sleep; more genitive garment, clothes (plural)

Strong's H8071 שִׂמְלָה: a dress, especially a mantle
KJV:apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare H8008.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2270: שׂמל śml — Root of: שַׂלְמָה garment, outer garment; שִׂמְלָה wrapper, mantle, outer garment, covering, garment, clothes

See it in Scripture

Genesis 9:23Exodus 3:22Deuteronomy 8:4

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