שִׂמְלָה
simlâh · sim-law'
a dress, especially a mantle
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps by permutation for the feminine of H5566 (סֶמֶל) (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath);
a dress, especially a mantle
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare H8008 (שַׂלְמָה).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׂמְלָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- their clothes3 · 10%
- and raiment3 · 10%
- a garment2 · 7%
- his clothes2 · 7%
- of raiment2 · 7%
- thy raiment2 · 7%
- your garments1 · 3%
- his raiment1 · 3%
- in their clothes1 · 3%
- only, it is his raiment1 · 3%
- the raiment1 · 3%
- with his raiment1 · 3%
- garment1 · 3%
- the cloth1 · 3%
- in a cloth1 · 3%
- his apparel1 · 3%
- in a garment1 · 3%
- saying, thou hast clothing1 · 3%
- nor clothing1 · 3%
- our own apparel1 · 3%
- and garments1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.