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
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sim-la-TO
- phraseyour reading level
HIW sim-la-TO
- clause
KI HIW ke-suu-TO le-va-DAH HIW sim-la-TO le-o-RO
- 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 context — Exodus 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.