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׃Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”2 Samuel 14:19 · וּלְהַשְׂמִ֗ילThe king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your 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 brothers of Benjamin.Isaiah 30:21 · תַשְׂמְאִֽילוּ׃and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”