שִׂמְלָה

שִׂמְלָה noun feminine wrapper, mantle; — absolute ׳שׂ 1 Mos 9,23 +, construct שִׂמְלַת 5 Mos 21,13; 5 Mos 22,5 suffix שִׂמְלָֽתְךָ 5 Mos 8,4, etc.; plural שְׂמָלֹת 1 Mos 45,22 (twice in verse) +, suffix שִׂמְלֹתָם 1 Mos 44,13 +, etc.; — wrapper, mantle (of man or [Rut 3,3 +] woman), usually square piece of cloth worn as outer garment (see Mackie^{Hast. DB. i. 625}; Benz^{Ency. Bib. iii. 2932}), 1 Mos 35,2; 2 Mos 22,26 (both E), 5 Mos 8,4; 5 Mos 10,18; 5 Mos 21,13; 5 Mos 22,3; Es 3,6; Es 3,7; Es 9,4; 2 Sam 12,20 Kt, Rut 3,3 Kt (Qr in both plural); as covering in sleep 1 Mos 9,23 (J; compare 2 Mos 22,26), bed-covering 5 Mos 22,17 covering or receptacle for articles 2 Mos 12,34 (E), Dom 8,25; 1 Sam 21,10, compare Ord 30,4 more generally garment, 5 Mos 22,5, clothes (plural) 1 Mos 37,34; 1 Mos 44,13 (J), 1 Mos 41,14; 2 Mos 19,10; 2 Mos 19,14 (all E), Jos 7,6 (JE); as costly gifts 1 Mos 45,22 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 3,22; 2 Mos 12,35 (all E).