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שְׂמֹאל

se.mo.l

left

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Strong’s H8040Noun, masculine54 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

left19

left hand19

the north3

the left3

the left side3

left side3

north2

the left of1

In the text

Genesis 13:9הַשְּׂמֹאל
Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
Deuteronomy 2:27וּשְׂמֹאול
“Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left.
Joshua 1:7וּשְׂמֹאול
Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
Judges 3:21שְׂמֹאלוֹ
And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
2 Samuel 2:19הַשְּׂמֹאול
and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.
2 Chronicles 4:7מִשְּׂמֹאול ס
He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שְׂמֹאל, שְׂמֹאול 54 n.[m.] the left (√ dub.)

1. left, region on the left

2. left hand

3. = north (on left of one facing east)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.