Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #8041 - שָׂמַאל simel (to take the left)

Original Word:	שָׂמַאל
Transliteration:	simel
Definition:	to take the left
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(saw-mal')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

go, turn on the, to the left

A primitive root (denominative from smo'wl); to use the left hand or pass in that direction) -- (go, turn) (on the, to the) left.

see HEBREW smo'wl

Englishman's Concordance

1) to take the left, go to the left
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to go to the left
1a2) to turn (aside) to the left (figuratively)
1a3) to use the left hand
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root [denominative from H8040]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2267

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שִׂמְאֵל] verb denominative Hiph`iltake the left (always opposed to הֵמִין): — Imperfect cohortativeאַשְׂמְאִ֫ילָהGenesis 13:9; 2masculine plural, תַּשְׂמְאִ֫ילוּIsaiah 30:21; Imperative feminine singular הַשְׂמִילִי (Ges^{§ 23f} Kö^{1. 276}) Ezekiel 21:21, compare Infinitive constructהַשְׂמִיל2 Samuel 14:19; Participleמַשְׂמִאלִים1 Chronicles 12:2; —

1=go to the leftGenesis 13:9 (J), Ezekiel 21:21.

2 figurative turn (aside) to the left (from true way) 2 Samuel 14:19; Isaiah 30:21.

3use the left hand1 Chronicles 12:2.

[שָׂמַל] Hiph`il see [שַׂמְאַל]

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 8041. simel — 5 Occurrences

Genesis 13:9
HEB:וְאִם־ הַיָּמִ֖ין וְאַשְׂמְאִֽילָה׃
NAS: [to] the right, then I will go to the left.
KJV: or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
INT: if the right will go

2 Samuel 14:19
HEB:אִ֣שׁ ׀ לְהֵמִ֣ין וּלְהַשְׂמִ֗יל מִכֹּ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: one can turn to the right or to the left from anything
KJV: turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord
INT: can turn to the left anything after

1 Chronicles 12:2
HEB:קֶ֗שֶׁת מַיְמִינִ֤ים וּמַשְׂמִאלִים֙ בָּֽאֲבָנִ֔ים וּבַחִצִּ֖ים
NAS: using both the right hand and the left [to sling] stones
KJV: and could use both the right hand and the left in [hurling] stones
INT: bows the right and the left stones arrows

Isaiah 30:21
HEB:תַאֲמִ֖ינוּ וְכִ֥י תַשְׂמְאִֽילוּ׃
NAS: you turn to the right or to the left.
KJV: when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
INT: hand whenever to the left

Ezekiel 21:16
HEB:הֵימִ֖נִי הָשִׂ֣ימִי הַשְׂמִ֑ילִי אָ֖נָה פָּנַ֥יִךְ
NAS: set yourself; go to the left, wherever
KJV: the right hand, [or] on the left, whithersoever
INT: go set go wherever your edge

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