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 · הַשְּׂמֹ֣אלIs not all the land before thee? be parted, I pray thee, from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I to the left.’Genesis 14:15 · מִשְּׂמֹ֖אלAnd he divideth himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smiteth them, and pursueth them unto Hobah, which is at the left of Damascus;Genesis 24:49 · שְׂמֹֽאל׃‘And now, if ye are dealing kindly and truly with my lord, declare to me; and if not, declare to me; and I turn unto the right or unto the left.’Genesis 48:13 · מִשְּׂמֹ֣אל · בִשְׂמֹאל֖וֹand Joseph taketh them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel’s left, and Manasseh in his left towards Israel’s right, and bringeth them nigh to him.Genesis 48:14 · שְׂמֹאל֖וֹAnd Israel putteth out his right hand, and placeth it upon the head of Ephraim, who is the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh; he hath guided his hands wisely, for Manasseh is the first-born.Exodus 14:22 · וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם׃and the sons of Israel go into the midst of the sea, on dry land, and the waters are to them a wall, on their right and on their left.Exodus 14:29 · וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽםAnd the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters are to them a wall, on their right and on their left;Numbers 20:17 · וּשְׂמֹ֔אולLet us pass over, we pray thee, through thy land; we pass not over through a field, or through a vineyard, nor do we drink waters of a well; the way of the king we go, we turn not aside—right or left—till that we pass over thy border.’Numbers 22:26 · וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃and the messenger of Jehovah addeth to pass over, and standeth in a strait place where there is no way to turn aside—right or left—Deuteronomy 2:27 · וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃Let me pass over through thy land; in the several ways I go; I turn not aside—right or left—Deuteronomy 5:32 · וּשְׂמֹֽאל׃‘And ye have observed to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you, ye turn not aside—right or left;Deuteronomy 17:11 · וּשְׂמֹֽאל׃‘According to the tenor of the law which they direct thee, and according to the judgment which they say to thee thou dost do; thou dost not turn aside from the word which they declare to thee, right or left.Deuteronomy 17:20 · וּשְׂמֹ֑אולso that his heart is not high above his brethren, and so as not to turn aside from the command, right or left, so that he prolongeth days over his kingdom, he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.Deuteronomy 28:14 · וּשְׂמֹ֑אולand thou dost not turn aside from all the words which I am commanding you to-day—right or left—to go after other gods, to serve them.Joshua 1:7 · וּשְׂמֹ֑אולOnly, be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded thee; thou dost not turn aside from it right or left, so that thou dost act wisely in every place whither thou goest;Joshua 19:27 · מִשְּׂמֹֽאל׃and hath turned back, at the sun-rising, to Beth-Dagon, and come against Zebulun, and against the valley of Jiphthah-El toward the north of Beth-Emek, and Neiel, and hath gone out unto Cabul on the left,Joshua 23:6 · וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃and ye have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or left,Judges 3:21 · שְׂמֹאל֔וֹand Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;Judges 7:20 · שְׂמאוֹלָם֙and the three detachments blow with trumpets, and break the pitchers, and keep hold with their left hand on the lamps, and with their right hand on the trumpets to blow, and they cry, ‘The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.’Judges 16:29 · בִּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃And Samson turneth aside to the two middle pillars, on which the house is established, and on which it is supported, to the one with his right hand, and one with his left;1 Samuel 6:12 · וּשְׂמֹ֑אולAnd the kine go straight in the way, on the way to Beth-Shemesh, in one highway they have gone, going and lowing, and have not turned aside right or left; and the princes of the Philistines are going after them unto the border of Beth-Shemesh.2 Samuel 2:19 · הַשְּׂמֹ֔אולAnd Asahel pursueth after Abner, and hath not turned aside to go to the right or to the left, from after Abner.2 Samuel 2:21 · שְׂמֹאלֶ֔ךָAnd Abner saith to him, ‘Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and seize for thee one of the youths, and take to thee his armour;’ and Asahel hath not been willing to turn aside from after him.2 Samuel 16:6 · וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃and he stoneth David with stones, and all the servants of king David, and all the people, and all the mighty men on his right and on his left.1 Kings 7:39 · מִשְּׂמֹאל֑וֹand he putteth the five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house, and the sea he hath put on the right side of the house, eastward—over-against the south.1 Kings 7:49 · מִשְּׂמֹ֛אולand the candlesticks, five on the right, and five on the left, before the oracle, of refined gold, and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold,1 Kings 22:19 · וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃And he saith, ‘Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah; I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing by Him, on His right and on His left;2 Kings 22:2 · וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃ פand he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in all the way of David his father, and hath not turned aside—right or left.2 Kings 23:8 · שְׂמֹ֥אולAnd he bringeth in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defileth the high places where the priests have made perfume, from Geba unto Beer-Sheba, and hath broken down the high places of the gates that are at the opening of the gate of Joshua, head of the city, that is on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city;1 Chronicles 6:44 · הַשְּׂמֹ֑אולAnd sons of Merari, their brethren, are on the left. Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,2 Chronicles 3:17 · מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֑אולAnd he raiseth up the pillars on the front of the temple, one on the right, and one on the left, and calleth the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.2 Chronicles 4:6 · מִשְּׂמֹאול֙And he maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea is for priests to wash with.2 Chronicles 4:7 · מִשְּׂמֹֽאול׃ סAnd he maketh the ten candlesticks of gold, according to their ordinance, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left.2 Chronicles 4:8 · מִשְּׂמֹ֑אולAnd he maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred.2 Chronicles 18:18 · וּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃And he saith, ‘Therefore, hear ye a word of Jehovah: I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing on His right and His left;2 Chronicles 34:2 · וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in the ways of David his father, and hath not turned aside—right or left.Nehemiah 8:4 · וּמִשְּׂמֹאל֗וֹAnd Ezra the scribe standeth on a tower of wood that they made for the purpose, and Mattithiah standeth near him, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right; and on his left Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.Job 23:9 · שְׂמֹ֣אולTo the left in His working—and I see not, He is covered on the right, and I behold not.Proverbs 3:16 · בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּLength of days is in her right hand, In her left are wealth and honour.Proverbs 4:27 · וּשְׂמֹ֑אולIncline not to the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!Ecclesiastes 10:2 · לִשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃The heart of the wise is at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left.Song of Solomon 2:6 · שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙His left hand is under my head, And his right doth embrace me.Song of Solomon 8:3 · שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙His left hand is under my head, And his right doth embrace me.Isaiah 9:20 · שְׂמֹ֖אולAnd cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour.Isaiah 54:3 · וּשְׂמֹ֖אולFor right and left thou breakest forth, And thy seed doth nations possess,Daniel 12:7 · וּשְׂמֹאלוֹ֙And I hear the one clothed in linen, who is upon the waters of the flood, and he doth lift up his right hand and his left unto the heavens, and sweareth by Him who is living to the age, that, ‘After a time, times, and a half, and at the completion of the scattering of the power of the holy people, finished are all these.’Jonah 4:11 · לִשְׂמֹאל֔וֹand I—have not I pity on Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than twelve myriads of human beings, who have not known between their right hand and their left—and much cattle!’Zechariah 4:3 · שְׂמֹאלָֽהּ׃and two olive-trees are by it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left.’Zechariah 4:11 · שְׂמֹאולָֽהּ׃And I answer and say unto him, ‘What are these two olive-trees, on the right of the candlestick, and on its left?’Zechariah 12:6 · שְׂמֹ֛אולIn that day I make the leaders of Judah As a hearth of fire among trees, And as a torch of fire in a sheaf, And they have consumed—on the right and on the left—all the peoples round about, And Jerusalem hath inhabited again her place in Jerusalem.