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).