Exodus 22:27:6Exod.22.27.W6TABWLC Exodus 22:26

שִׂמְלָת֖וֹ

simlato

his cloak

Transliteration
sim-la-TO
Extended
sihm-lah-TOH
IPA
/sim.laː.ˈθoː/

Meaning by language

English
his cloak

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שִׂמְ + לָ + ת֖וֹ
sim + la + to
simlato

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    sim-la-TO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HIW sim-la-TO

  3. clause

    KI HIW ke-suu-TO le-va-DAH HIW sim-la-TO le-o-RO

  4. sentence

    KI HIW ke-suu-TO le-va-DAH HIW sim-la-TO le-o-RO ba-MEH yish-KAV ve-ha-YAH ki-yits-AK e-LAI ve-sha-ma-TI ki-khan-NUN a-NI

Exegesis

The pronoun hi {הִוא | hîʾ} ‘it’ refers first to kesuto {כְּסוּתוֹ | kə-sû-tô} ‘garment’ and then to simlato {שִׂמְלָתוֹ | sîm-lâ-tô} ‘cloak’, with levadah {לְבַדָּהּ | lə-va-dāh} ‘alone to it’ underscoring exclusivity.

Root and etymology

s-m-lshin–mem–lamed

garment

In contextExodus 22:27

For it is his only covering; it is his cloak for his skin—what else will he sleep in? And it shall be that when he cries out to Me , I will hear, for I am gracious .

About this coordinate

Exodus 22:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 22:27, so the Hebrew word שִׂמְלָת֖וֹ (simlato) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.22.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.27.W6.S1) and character.