Strong's Hebrew #8040 - שְׂמֹאול semovl or semol (the left)

left hand, side

Or smosl {sem-ole'}; a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as simlah (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up); properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. The north; hence (by orientation), the left hand -- left (hand, side).

see HEBREW simlah

1) the left, the left hand, the left side
1a) left
1b) left hand
1c) north (as one faces east)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive word [rather perhaps from the same as H8071 (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2267a

שְׂמאֹל, שְׂמאֹול (Baer^{Joshua 1:7})₅₄

noun [masculine] the left (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šumêlu; Arabic (also and , , north wind); Old Aramaic שמאל, Palmyrene (suffix) סמלך; Syriac ; √ dubious, שאם + ל Nö^{M 128} Hom^{A. u. A. i. (1892), 21} Kö^{ii. 1. 148, 405}; (see also Thes Dietr^{Wortforschung 234}), compare Arabic be unlucky, left, , north; Sabean שאם north, unlucky DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 29; Epigr. Denkm. Arabic Nos. 6. 7}; other views in Sta^{§ 299} Lag^{BN 116}); — שְׂמאֹל abs, Genesis 13:9 +, construct Genesis 48:13; 2 Kings 23:8; שְׂמאֹול absolute Numbers 20:17 +; suffix שְׂמאֹלֶ֑ךָ 2 Samuel 2:21, שְׂמאֹלוֺ Genesis 48:13 +, etc.; — opposed to יָמִין except Genesis 14:15; Judges 19:27; 2 Kings 23:8; —

1 left, region on the left, Genesis 13:9 (J); on the left is ׳עַלשּֿׂ 2 Kings 23:8; Ezekiel 16:46; Zechariah 4:3,11, ׳עַלהַֿשּׂ 1 Chronicles 6:29 compare 2 Chronicles 18:18, also ׳מִשּׂ (a sinistra) Exodus 14:22,29 (P), 2 Samuel 16:6 7t. + ׳מִהַשּׂ2Chronicles 3:17; Ezekiel 1:10, ׳לִשׂ Ecclesiastes 10:2, ׳שׂ alone Job 23:9; toward the left is ׳עַלשֿׂ Genesis 24:49 (J), 2 Samuel 2:21; Zechariah 12:6, ׳עַלהַֿשּׂ 2 Samuel 2:19, ׳שׂ alone 1 Samuel 6:12; Isaiah 9:20 13t.

2 ׳יַדשֿׂ left hand, Judges 3:21; Judges 7:20, so ׳שׂ alone Genesis 48:18,13,14 (E), Judges 16:29; Ezekiel 39:8; Jonah 4:11; Proverbs 3:16; Daniel 12:7; Songs 2:6; Songs 8:3.

3 = north (on left of one facing east, compare אָחוֺר

d, יָמִין

4, קֶדֶם

1 b) Genesis 14:15; Joshua 19:27(P); of. Ezekiel 16:46.

Strong's Hebrew: 8040. שְׂמֹאול (semovl or semol) — 54 Occurrences

Genesis 13:9
HEB: מֵעָלָ֑י אִם־ הַשְּׂמֹ֣אל וְאֵימִ֔נָה וְאִם־
NAS: from me; if [to] the left, then I will go to the right;
KJV: separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right;
INT: and if the left will go if

Genesis 14:15
HEB: חוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִשְּׂמֹ֖אל לְדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃
NAS: as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
KJV: them unto Hobah, which [is] on the left hand of Damascus.
INT: Hobah which is north of Damascus

Genesis 24:49
HEB: א֥וֹ עַל־ שְׂמֹֽאל׃
NAS: to the right hand or the left.
KJV: to the right hand, or to the left.
INT: or and the left

Genesis 48:13
HEB: אֶפְרַ֤יִם בִּֽימִינוֹ֙ מִשְּׂמֹ֣אל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֶת־
NAS: Israel's left, and Manasseh
KJV: toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh
INT: Ephraim his right left Israel's and Manasseh

Genesis 48:13
HEB: וְאֶת־ מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה בִשְׂמֹאל֖וֹ מִימִ֣ין יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
NAS: and Manasseh with his left hand toward
KJV: and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's
INT: Israel's and Manasseh his left hand Israel's

Genesis 48:14
HEB: הַצָּעִ֔יר וְאֶת־ שְׂמֹאל֖וֹ עַל־ רֹ֣אשׁ
NAS: was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's
KJV: who [was] the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's
INT: who was the younger and his left and head

Exodus 14:22
HEB: חֹמָ֔ה מִֽימִינָ֖ם וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם׃
NAS: to them on their right hand and on their left.
KJV: unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
INT: a wall their right their left

Exodus 14:29
HEB: חֹמָ֔ה מִֽימִינָ֖ם וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם
NAS: to them on their right hand and on their left.
KJV: unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
INT: a wall their right their left

Numbers 20:17
HEB: נִטֶּה֙ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֔אול עַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־
NAS: to the right or left, until
KJV: to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed
INT: turning to the right left against after

Numbers 22:26
HEB: לִנְט֖וֹת יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃
NAS: to turn to the right hand or the left.
KJV: either to the right hand or to the left.
INT: to turn to the right the left

Deuteronomy 2:27
HEB: אָס֖וּר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃
NAS: to the right or to the left.
KJV: unto the right hand nor to the left.
INT: turn to the right to the left

Deuteronomy 5:32
HEB: תָסֻ֖רוּ יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאל׃
NAS: to the right or to the left.
KJV: to the right hand or to the left.
INT: turn to the right to the left

Deuteronomy 17:11
HEB: לְךָ֖ יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאל׃
NAS: to you, to the right or the left.
KJV: thee, [to] the right hand, nor [to] the left.
INT: tell to the right the left

Deuteronomy 17:20
HEB: הַמִּצְוָ֖ה יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול לְמַעַן֩ יַאֲרִ֨יךְ
NAS: to the right or the left, so
KJV: [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong
INT: the commandment to the right the left so may continue

Deuteronomy 28:14
HEB: הַיּ֖וֹם יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול לָלֶ֗כֶת אַחֲרֵ֛י
NAS: to the right or to the left, to go
KJV: [to] the right hand, or [to] the left, to go
INT: today to the right to the left to go after

Joshua 1:7
HEB: מִמֶּ֖נּוּ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול לְמַ֣עַן תַּשְׂכִּ֔יל
NAS: from it to the right or to the left, so
KJV: not from it [to] the right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest prosper
INT: at to the right to the left so you may have

Joshua 19:27
HEB: אֶל־ כָּב֖וּל מִשְּׂמֹֽאל׃
NAS: then it proceeded on north to Cabul,
KJV: to Cabul on the left hand,
INT: to Cabul north

Joshua 23:6
HEB: מִמֶּ֖נּוּ יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃
NAS: from it to the right hand or to the left,
KJV: not aside therefrom [to] the right hand or [to] the left;
INT: at to the right to the left

Judges 3:21
HEB: אֶת־ יַ֣ד שְׂמֹאל֔וֹ וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־
NAS: stretched out his left hand, took
KJV: put forth his left hand,
INT: Ehud hand his left took the sword

Judges 7:20
HEB: וַיַּחֲזִ֤יקוּ בְיַד־ שְׂמאוֹלָם֙ בַּלַּפִּדִ֔ים וּבְיַ֨ד־
NAS: the torches in their left hands
KJV: the lamps in their left hands,
INT: held hands their left the torches hands

Judges 16:29
HEB: בִּימִינ֖וֹ וְאֶחָ֥ד בִּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃
NAS: and the other with his left.
KJV: and of the other with his left.
INT: his right and the other his left

1 Samuel 6:12
HEB: סָ֖רוּ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול וְסַרְנֵ֤י פְלִשְׁתִּים֙
NAS: to the right or to the left. And the lords
KJV: [to] the right hand or [to] the left; and the lords
INT: turn to the right to the left and the lords of the Philistines

2 Samuel 2:19
HEB: הַיָּמִין֙ וְעַֽל־ הַשְּׂמֹ֔אול מֵאַחֲרֵ֖י אַבְנֵֽר׃
NAS: to the right or to the left from following
KJV: not to the right hand nor to the left from following
INT: the right or to the left following Abner

2 Samuel 2:21
HEB: א֣וֹ עַל־ שְׂמֹאלֶ֔ךָ וֶאֱחֹ֣ז לְךָ֗
NAS: or to your left, and take hold
KJV: to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold
INT: or unto your left and take of one

2 Samuel 16:6
HEB: הַגִּבֹּרִ֔ים מִימִינ֖וֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃
NAS: were at his right hand and at his left.
KJV: [were] on his right hand and on his left.
INT: the mighty his right his left

1 Kings 7:39
HEB: כֶּ֥תֶף הַבַּ֖יִת מִשְּׂמֹאל֑וֹ וְאֶת־ הַיָּ֗ם
NAS: and five on the left side
KJV: and five on the left side
INT: side of the house the left the sea set

1 Kings 7:49
HEB: מִיָּמִ֜ין וְחָמֵ֧שׁ מִשְּׂמֹ֛אול לִפְנֵ֥י הַדְּבִ֖יר
NAS: and five on the left, in front
KJV: [side], and five on the left, before
INT: the right and five the left front of the inner

1 Kings 22:19
HEB: עָלָ֔יו מִימִינ֖וֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃
NAS: by Him on His right and on His left.
KJV: by him on his right hand and on his left.
INT: on his right his left

2 Kings 22:2
HEB: סָ֖ר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃ פ
NAS: to the right or to the left.
KJV: to the right hand or to the left.
INT: turn to the right to the left

2 Kings 23:8
HEB: אֲשֶֽׁר־ עַל־ שְׂמֹ֥אול אִ֖ישׁ בְּשַׁ֥עַר
NAS: [were] on one's left at the city
KJV: which [were] on a man's left hand at the gate
INT: which and left one's gate

1 Chronicles 6:44
HEB: אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם עַֽל־ הַשְּׂמֹ֑אול אֵיתָן֙ בֶּן־
NAS: On the left hand [were] their kinsmen
KJV: of Merari [stood] on the left hand: Ethan
INT: their kinsmen on the left Ethan the son

2 Chronicles 3:17
HEB: יָכִ֔ין וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשְּׂמָאלִ֖י בֹּֽעַז׃ ס
NAS: and the other on the left, and named
KJV: and the other on the left; and called
INT: Jachin and the name the left Boaz

2 Chronicles 4:6
HEB: מִיָּמִ֜ין וַחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה מִשְּׂמֹאול֙ לְרָחְצָ֣ה בָהֶ֔ם
NAS: and five on the left to rinse
KJV: and five on the left, to wash
INT: the right and five the left to wash things

2 Chronicles 4:7
HEB: מִיָּמִ֖ין וְחָמֵ֥שׁ מִשְּׂמֹֽאול׃ ס
NAS: and five on the left.
KJV: and five on the left.
INT: the right and five the left

2 Chronicles 4:8
HEB: מִיָּמִ֖ין וַחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה מִשְּׂמֹ֑אול וַיַּ֛עַשׂ מִזְרְקֵ֥י
NAS: and five on the left. And he made
KJV: and five on the left. And he made
INT: the right and five the left made bowls

2 Chronicles 18:18
HEB: עַל־ יְמִינ֖וֹ וּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃
NAS: standing on His right and on His left.
KJV: on his right hand and [on] his left.
INT: on his right his left

2 Chronicles 34:2
HEB: סָ֖ר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃
NAS: to the right or to the left.
KJV: [neither] to the right hand, nor to the left.
INT: turn to the right to the left

Nehemiah 8:4
HEB: עַל־ יְמִינ֑וֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאל֗וֹ פְּ֠דָיָה וּמִֽישָׁאֵ֧ל
NAS: [and] Meshullam on his left hand.
KJV: on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah,
INT: on his right his left and Pedaiah Mishael

Job 23:9
HEB: שְׂמֹ֣אול בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ וְלֹא־
NAS: When He acts on the left, I cannot
KJV: On the left hand, where he doth work,
INT: the left acts cannot

Proverbs 3:16
HEB: יָ֭מִים בִּֽימִינָ֑הּ בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּ עֹ֣שֶׁר וְכָבֽוֹד׃
NAS: is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches
KJV: [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches
INT: life her right her left are riches and honor

Proverbs 4:27
HEB: יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול הָסֵ֖ר רַגְלְךָ֣
NAS: nor to the left; Turn
KJV: not to the right hand nor to the left: remove
INT: to the right to the left Turn your foot

Ecclesiastes 10:2
HEB: וְלֵ֥ב כְּסִ֖יל לִשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃
NAS: heart [directs him] toward the left.
KJV: but a fool's heart at his left.
INT: heart the foolish the left

Songs 2:6
HEB: שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙ תַּ֣חַת לְרֹאשִׁ֔י
NAS: Let his left hand be under my head
KJV: His left hand [is] under my head,
INT: his left be under my head

Songs 8:3
HEB: שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙ תַּ֣חַת רֹאשִׁ֔י
NAS: Let his left hand be under my head
KJV: His left hand [should be] under my head,
INT: his left be under my head

Isaiah 9:20
HEB: וַיֹּ֥אכַל עַל־ שְׂמֹ֖אול וְלֹ֣א שָׂבֵ֑עוּ
NAS: And they eat [what is] on the left hand but they are not satisfied;
KJV: and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied:
INT: eat on the left are not satisfied

Isaiah 54:3
HEB: כִּי־ יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹ֖אול תִּפְרֹ֑צִי וְזַרְעֵךְ֙
NAS: to the right and to the left. And your descendants
KJV: on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed
INT: for to the right the left will spread and your descendants

Ezekiel 1:10
HEB: וּפְנֵי־ שׁ֥וֹר מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֖אול לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑ן וּפְנֵי־
NAS: of a bull on the left, and all four
KJV: of an ox on the left side; they four
INT: and the face of a bull the left four had the face

Ezekiel 16:46
HEB: הַיּוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת עַל־ שְׂמֹאולֵ֑ךְ וַאֲחוֹתֵ֞ךְ הַקְּטַנָּ֣ה
NAS: who lives north of you with her daughters;
KJV: that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger
INT: lives and north sister and your younger

Ezekiel 39:3
HEB: קַשְׁתְּךָ֖ מִיַּ֣ד שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָ וְחִצֶּ֕יךָ מִיַּ֥ד
NAS: your bow from your left hand
KJV: thy bow out of thy left hand,
INT: your bow hand your left your arrows hand

Daniel 12:7
HEB: וַיָּ֨רֶם יְמִינ֤וֹ וּשְׂמֹאלוֹ֙ אֶל־ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
NAS: his right hand and his left toward
KJV: his right hand and his left hand unto heaven,
INT: raised his right and his left toward heaven

Jonah 4:11
HEB: בֵּין־ יְמִינ֣וֹ לִשְׂמֹאל֔וֹ וּבְהֵמָ֖ה רַבָּֽה׃
NAS: their right and left hand, as well as many
KJV: between their right hand and their left hand; and [also] much
INT: between their right and left beast many

Zechariah 4:3
HEB: וְאֶחָ֖ד עַל־ שְׂמֹאלָֽהּ׃
NAS: and the other on its left side.
KJV: and the other upon the left [side] thereof.
INT: and the other on left

Zechariah 4:11
HEB: הַמְּנוֹרָ֖ה וְעַל־ שְׂמֹאולָֽהּ׃
NAS: of the lampstand and on its left?
KJV: [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof?
INT: of the lampstand and upon the left

Zechariah 12:6
HEB: יָמִ֧ין וְעַל־ שְׂמֹ֛אול אֶת־ כָּל־
NAS: on the right hand and on the left all
KJV: on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem
INT: the right and on the left all peoples