שַׂלְמָה

Exodus 22:9 שַׂלְמָ֜ה a garment

In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.

Here: The outer cloak. For a poor person it could also be the blanket they slept in (compare 22:26–27), so it was a real piece of wealth, worth fighting over.

Exodus 22:26 שַׂלְמַ֣ת [the] cloak of

If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,

Here: The large woollen wrap worn over the body by day and used as a blanket by night. The next verse uses the same word with two letters swapped (śimlâ) and says it may be all the man has.

Deuteronomy 24:13 בְּשַׂלְמָת֖וֹ in garment his

be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

Here: The large woollen outer wrap worn by day and used as a blanket at night. 'His' matters: even while pledged it is still his, and he needs it to stay warm.

Deuteronomy 29:5 שַׂלְמֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ clothes your

For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.

Here: The large outer wrap of woven wool. People wore it by day and slept under it at night, and for many it was the most valuable thing they owned. The plural 'your' covers every Israelite's cloak.

Joshua 9:5 וּשְׂלָמ֥וֹת and garments

They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.

Here: The outer cloak, the main garment a traveller wore by day and slept in at night. It is the same word used in Deuteronomy for Israel's clothes that did not wear out in the wilderness.

Joshua 9:13 שַׂלְמוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ garments our

These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”

Here: The outer cloak or mantle, the main garment of a traveller, which also served as a blanket at night. It is a form of the more common simlah, with two letters swapped.

Joshua 22:8 וּבִשְׂלָמ֖וֹת and with garments

saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”

Here: Cloaks and outer garments. Clothing was expensive, portable wealth in the ancient world and a standard item of war booty.

1 Kings 10:25 וּשְׂלָמוֹת֙ and garments

Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

Here: Robes or outer garments (a variant spelling of simlah). Fine cloth was a prestige item and a standard royal gift in the ancient Near East, not ordinary clothing.

1 Kings 11:29 בְּשַׂלְמָ֣ה with a cloak

During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.

1 Kings 11:30 בַּשַּׂלְמָ֥ה <in> the cloak

And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,

2 Chronicles 9:24 וּשְׂלָמוֹת֙ and garments

Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

Nehemiah 9:21 שַׂלְמֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ clothes their

For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

Here: The outer cloak or mantle (a spelling variant of simlah). Often it was the only heavy garment a poor person owned, and it doubled as a blanket at night (Exod 22:26–27). 'Their cloaks' meant their basic protection against the weather.

Job 9:31 שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃ own clothes my

then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.

Psalm 104:2 כַּשַּׂלְמָ֑ה like <the> garment

He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

Here: 'Like the cloak.' The prefix ka- means 'like' and also carries the word 'the'. Hebrew often uses 'the' in comparisons where English says 'a'. The śalmāh is the ordinary outer wrap that every Israelite wore by day and slept in at night. So the point is how easily and naturally God puts the light on, not that the cloak is a fancy robe.

Song of Songs 4:11 שַׂלְמֹתַ֖יִךְ garments your

Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.

Here: "Your cloaks": the outer wraps worn by day and often used as a cover at night. Fabric holds scent, so he is close enough to smell what she wears.

Micah 2:8 שַׂלְמָ֔ה a garment

But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle.

Here: The ordinary outer wrap of an Israelite, a variant of simlah. It was clothing by day and a blanket by night, and the law protected it when taken as a pledge (Exod 22:26–27).