1) to take the left, go to the left 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to go to the left 1a2) to turn (aside) to the left (fig) 1a3) to use the left hand
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H8041 — שִׂמְאֵל
sa.mal · to go left · Hebrew/Aramaic
4 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 13:9 · וְאַשְׂמְאִֽילָה׃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 take the right hand, then I will go to the left.2 Samuel 14:19 · וּלְהַשְׂמִ֗ילAnd the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;1 Chronicles 12:2 · וּמַשְׂמִאלִים֙They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.Isaiah 30:21 · תַשְׂמְאִֽילוּ׃and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.