שַׂלְמָהsalmâh
id., garment, (transposed from שִׂמְלָה), in general clothes (plural) (Exodus 22:8; Exodus 22:25; Deuteronomy 24:13; Joshua 9:5; Joshua 9:13)
Pronunciation: sal-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8008
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 22:9 “Suppose there is a dispute between two people who both claim to own a particular ox, donkey, sheep, article of clothing, or any lost property. Both parties must come before God, and the person whom God declares guilty must pay double compensation to the other.
- Exodus 22:26 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as security for a loan, you must return it before sunset.
- Deuteronomy 24:13 Return the cloak to its owner by sunset so he can stay warm through the night and bless you, and the Lord your God will count you as righteous.
- Deuteronomy 29:5 For forty years I led you through the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
- Joshua 9:5 They put on worn-out, patched sandals and ragged clothes. And the bread they took with them was dry and moldy.
- Joshua 9:13 These wineskins were new when we filled them, but now they are old and split open. And our clothing and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).