1) the left, the left hand, the left side 1a) left 1b) left hand 1c) north (as one faces east)
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H8040 — שְׂמֹאל
se.mo.l · left · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 13:9 · הַשְּׂמֹ֣אל[Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.Genesis 14:15 · מִשְּׂמֹ֖אלAnd he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which [is] on the left hand of Damascus.Genesis 24:49 · שְׂמֹֽאל׃And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.Genesis 48:13 · מִשְּׂמֹ֣אל · בִשְׂמֹאל֖וֹAnd Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought [them] near unto him.Genesis 48:14 · שְׂמֹאל֖וֹAnd Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [it] upon Ephraim’s head, who [was] the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh [was] the firstborn.Exodus 14:22 · וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם׃And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry [ground]: and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.Exodus 14:29 · וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽםBut the children of Israel walked upon dry [land] in the midst of the sea; and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.Numbers 20:17 · וּשְׂמֹ֔אולLet us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink [of] the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s [high] way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.Numbers 22:26 · וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where [was] no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.Deuteronomy 2:27 · וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.Deuteronomy 5:32 · וּשְׂמֹֽאל׃Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.Deuteronomy 17:11 · וּשְׂמֹֽאל׃According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, [to] the right hand, nor [to] the left.Deuteronomy 17:20 · וּשְׂמֹ֑אולThat his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.Deuteronomy 28:14 · וּשְׂמֹ֑אולAnd thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left, to go after other gods to serve them.Joshua 1:7 · וּשְׂמֹ֑אולOnly be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.Joshua 19:27 · מִשְּׂמֹֽאל׃And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,Joshua 23:6 · וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom [to] the right hand or [to] the left;Judges 3:21 · שְׂמֹאל֔וֹAnd Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:Judges 7:20 · שְׂמאוֹלָם֙And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow [withal]: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.Judges 16:29 · בִּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.1 Samuel 6:12 · וּשְׂמֹ֑אולAnd the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, [and] went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside [to] the right hand or [to] the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.2 Samuel 2:19 · הַשְּׂמֹ֔אולAnd Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.2 Samuel 2:21 · שְׂמֹאלֶ֔ךָAnd Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.2 Samuel 16:6 · וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men [were] on his right hand and on his left.1 Kings 7:39 · מִשְּׂמֹאל֑וֹAnd he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.1 Kings 7:49 · מִשְּׂמֹ֛אולAnd the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right [side], and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs [of] gold,1 Kings 22:19 · וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.2 Kings 22:2 · וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃ פAnd he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.2 Kings 23:8 · שְׂמֹ֥אולAnd he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that [were] in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which [were] on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.1 Chronicles 6:44 · הַשְּׂמֹ֑אולAnd their brethren the sons of Merari [stood] on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,2 Chronicles 3:17 · מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֑אולAnd he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.2 Chronicles 4:6 · מִשְּׂמֹאול֙He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea [was] for the priests to wash in.2 Chronicles 4:7 · מִשְּׂמֹֽאול׃ סAnd he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set [them] in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.2 Chronicles 4:8 · מִשְּׂמֹ֑אולHe made also ten tables, and placed [them] in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.2 Chronicles 18:18 · וּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and [on] his left.2 Chronicles 34:2 · וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined [neither] to the right hand, nor to the left.Nehemiah 8:4 · וּמִשְּׂמֹאל֗וֹAnd Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, [and] Meshullam.Job 23:9 · שְׂמֹ֣אולOn the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:Proverbs 3:16 · בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּLength of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.Proverbs 4:27 · וּשְׂמֹ֑אולTurn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.Ecclesiastes 10:2 · לִשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃A wise man’s heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.Song of Solomon 2:6 · שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.Song of Solomon 8:3 · שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.Isaiah 9:20 · שְׂמֹ֖אולAnd he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:Isaiah 54:3 · וּשְׂמֹ֖אולFor thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.Daniel 12:7 · וּשְׂמֹאלוֹ֙And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.Jonah 4:11 · לִשְׂמֹאל֔וֹAnd should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and [also] much cattle?Zechariah 4:3 · שְׂמֹאלָֽהּ׃And two olive trees by it, one upon the right [side] of the bowl, and the other upon the left [side] thereof.Zechariah 4:11 · שְׂמֹאולָֽהּ׃Then answered I, and said unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof?Zechariah 12:6 · שְׂמֹ֛אולIn that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, [even] in Jerusalem.