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Genesis 9:23

וַ יִּקַּח שֵׁם וָ יֶפֶת אֶת הַ שִּׂמְלָה וַ יָּשִׂימוּ עַל שְׁכֶם שְׁנֵיהֶם וַ יֵּלְכוּ אֲחֹרַנִּית וַ יְכַסּוּ אֵת עֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם וּ פְנֵיהֶם אֲחֹרַנִּית וְ עֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם לֹא רָאוּ
And Name is taking,346 and Opened, אֶת-the Mantle,347 and they are placing upon the shoulder348 of their double, and they are walking backward,349 and are covering אֶת-the naked-one of their father. And their faces are backward, and the naked-one of their father they have not seen.
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Hebrew הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה, ha-simlah. The Mantle/Garment. Feminine noun with definite article occurs three times—Gen. 9:23, Deut. 22:17, and Judges 8:25. Also a name in Genesis 36:36