H8071 שִׂמְלָה (sim-law')

KJV renderings

apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare H8008 (שַׂלְמָה).

Strong's definition

a dress, especially a mantle

Derivation

perhaps by permutation for the feminine of H5566 (סֶמֶל) (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath);

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