H7757 H7757
Hem, skirt, or train of a garment, used of priestly robes, God's robe in vision, and metaphors of shame
Refers to the lower edge or flowing skirt of a robe, always plural in form. In the tabernacle instructions, golden bells and pomegranates are hung upon the hems of the high priest's robe of the ephod (Exod 28:33–34; 39:24–26), where they announce his movements in God's presence. Isaiah beholds the Lord seated on a throne, and his train fills the temple (Isa 6:1) — a vision of overwhelming majesty. The prophets then turn the image inside out: Jeremiah and Nahum speak of skirts being lifted and exposed as a figure of national humiliation and judgment (Jer 13:22, 26; Nah 3:5), and Lamentations finds the blood of innocents in Jerusalem's skirts (Lam 1:9).
Senses
1. hem, skirt, train of a garment — The hem, skirt, or train at the lower edge of a garment, used in three interconnected registers: priestly vestments where bells and pomegranates adorn the hems of the ephod robe (Exod 28:33–34; 39:24–26), theophanic vision where God's train fills the temple (Isa 6:1), and prophetic metaphor where exposed or bloodied skirts signify shame and guilt (Jer 13:22, 26; Nah 3:5; Lam 1:9). Korean distinguishes 단 (dan, hem/border) for priestly contexts from 옷자락 (otjarak, garment-skirt) for the metaphorical shame passages; Arabic uses أَذْيَال (adhyal, trains/skirts) throughout; Spanish shifts between 'bordes' (edges) and 'faldas' (skirts) — revealing how the literal-to-metaphorical range is handled differently across languages. 11×
AR["أَذيالِ","أَذيالِها","أَذْيَالَكِ","أَذْيَالُكِ","أَذْيَالِ","فِي-أَذْيَالِهَا","وَ-أَذيَالُهُ"]·ben["আঁচল-তোমার","আঁচলে","আচলগুলো","ও-তাঁর-বস্ত্রের-আঞ্চল","তার-আঁচলে","তোমার-বস্ত্রের-প্রান্ত"]·DE["[בשוליה]","[ושוליו]","[שוליך]","hems-von","sein-Saum"]·EN["and-his-train","hems-of","in-her-skirts","its-hem","your-skirts"]·FR["bord","et-bord","frange","hems-de","son-hem","à-ses-bords"]·heb["ב-שוליה","ו-שוליו","שולי","שוליו","שולייך","שוליך"]·HI["उसके-आँचल-में","उसके-घेरे","और-उसके-वस्त्र-के-छोर","घेरे","घेरों","तेरा-दामन","तेरे-दामन","तेरे-दामनों-को"]·ID["dan-ujung-jubah-Nya","di-ujung-jubahnya","kainmu","keliman","rok-rokmu","ujung-bawah","ujung-bawahnya"]·IT["[שוליך]","e-orlo","hems-di","nei-suoi-orli","orlo","suo-orlo"]·jav["gombyok-panjenengan","keliman","keliman-ipun","keliman-keliman","lan-pucuk-jubah-ipun","sosoganipun","wonten-ing-pucuk-rasukan-ipun"]·KO["그-단들에","그-옷자락이","그녀-치마-에","너의-옷자락들-을","네-옛자락을","네-옛자락이","단들","단들에"]·PT["as-tuas-saias","bainha-de","barras-de","barras-dele","e-orlas-suas","em-suas-saias","tuas-saias","tuas-saias,"]·RU["в-подолах-её","и-края-одежды-Его","подол-твой","подоле","подоле-её","подолы-твои"]·ES["bordes-de","dobladillos-de","en-sus-faldas","faldas-tuyas","sus-bordes","y-sus-faldas"]·SW["katika-nguo-zake","na-pindo-lake","nguo-zako","pindo-zako","upindo","upindo-wa","upindo-wake"]·TR["eteklerin","eteklerinde-onun","eteklerini","eteklerini-senin","eteklerinin","ve-etekleri"]·urd["اور-اس-کے-دامن","اُس-کے-دامن","اُس-کے-دامن-میں","تیرا-دامن","تیرے-دامن","دامن"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [שׁוּל] n.m. Is 6:1 skirt, of robe;—pl. cstr. שׁוּלֵי Ex 28:34 +; sf. שׁוּלַיִךְ Na 3:5 +, שׁוּלָיו Is 6:1 +, שׁוּלֶיהָ La 1:9;—skirts; of א׳’s train, in vision Is 6:1; elsewhere of city personif. as woman, in phrase of ignominy, חָשַׂפְתִּי שׁוּלַיִךְ Je 13:26, גִּלֵּיתִי שׁ׳ עַל־פָּנַיִךְ Na 3:5, נִגְלוּ שׁ׳ וגו׳ Je 13:22; of defilement, טֻמְאָתָהּ בְּשׁ׳ La 1:9; of high priest’s robe Ex 28:33(×2), 34 = 39:24, 25, 26 (all P).