Word

שְׂמֹאול

sᵉmôʼwl · H8040 · Hebrew · 54 occurrences

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Meanings

left side, left

A reference to the side of the body where the heart is located

Examples
Genesis 13:9 “Is the entire land not before you? Please separate from me; if you choose the left, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right, then I will go to the left.”
Genesis 24:49 “So now if you are going to deal kindly and truthfully with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me now, so that I may turn to the right or the left.”
Genesis 48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them close to him.
north, northern, northerly, northward

Literally: left; hence: a referent pointing to the space to the left of a person when facing the direction of the rising sun

Examples
Genesis 14:15 Then he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
Joshua 19:27 It turned toward the east to Beth-dagon and reached Zebulun, and to the Valley of Iphtahel northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; then it proceeded on north to Cabul,
1 Kings 7:39 Then he placed the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the Sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

24 occurrences in 6 groups

הוּhis 14
הּher 3
הֶםtheir 3
ךָyour 2
יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael 1
ךְyour 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רוּםto be high, to raise, to lift up 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 2

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

8 occurrences in 8 groups

אֶחָדone 3
בֵּןson 1
גִּבּוֹרmighty man, warrior 1
כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1
לֵבheart, mind 1
עַםpeople 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

31 occurrences in 4 groups

מִןfrom 16
עַלon, upon, over, against 14
בin/on/with 3
לto/for 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 1 groups

יָדhand, power 3

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Contrasting words 1 word

יָמִין yâmîyn · H3225 · right side, right, south: The direct lexical opposite of יָמִין, denoting the left hand or side, as against the right.

In the other Testament 2 words

ἀριστερός aristerós · G710 · left, left side, left hand: Greek ἀριστερός serves as the standard translation equivalent for Hebrew שְׂמֹאול in directional and anatomical contexts denoting the left side or left hand.
εὐώνυμος euṓnymos · G2176 · left, left side: Greek εὐώνυμος serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew שְׂמֹאול for directional left-side reference, maintaining semantic equivalence despite etymological divergence (Greek's euphemistic 'well-named' origin versus Hebrew's neutral directional term).

Semantic domains 1 entry

Spatial Referents003002005: This noun denotes the left side or direction, as in Genesis 13:9's proposal that Abram and Lot separate, one going to the right and the other to the left.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שְׂמֹאולsᵉmôʼwl · H8040שְׂמָאלִי sᵉmâʼlîy · H8042 · left · 9×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8040. semovl or semol שְׂמאֹול שְׂמאֹל, (BaerJos 1:7)54 noun [masculine] the left (Late…

H8040. semovl
or semol שְׂמאֹול שְׂמאֹל, (BaerJos 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 NöM 128 HomA. u. A. i. (1892), 21 Köii. 1. 148, 405; (see also Thes DietrWortforschung 234), compare Arabic be unlucky, left, , north; Sabean שאם north, unlucky DHMEpigr. Denkm. 29; Epigr. Denkm. Arabic Nos. 6. 7; other views in Sta§ 299 LagBN 116); — שְׂמאֹל abs, Gen 13:9 +, construct Gen 48:13; 2Ki 23:8; שְׂמאֹול absolute Num 20:17 +; suffix שְׂמאֹלֶ֑ךָ 2Sa 2:21, שְׂמאֹלוֺ Gen 48:13 +, etc.; — opposed to יָמִין except Gen 14:15; Jdg 19:27; 2Ki 23:8; —
1 left, region on the left, Gen 13:9 (J); on the left is ׳עַלשּֿׂ 2Ki 23:8; Eze 16:46; Zec 4:3, Zec 4:11, ׳עַלהַֿשּׂ 1Ch 6:29 compare 2Ch 18:18, also ׳מִשּׂ (a sinistra) Exo 14:22, Exo 14:29 (P), 2Sa 16:6-7t. + ׳מִהַשּׂ2Ch 3:17; Eze 1:10, ׳לִשׂ Ecc 10:2, ׳שׂ alone Job 23:9; toward the left is ׳עַלשֿׂ Gen 24:49 (J), 2Sa 2:21; Zec 12:6, ׳עַלהַֿשּׂ 2Sa 2:19, ׳שׂ alone 1Sa 6:12; Isa 9:20 Isa 9:13t.
2 ׳יַדשֿׂ left hand, Jdg 3:21; Jdg 7:20, so ׳שׂ alone Gen 48:18, Gen 48:13, Gen 48:14 (E), Jdg 16:29; Eze 39:8; Jon 4:11; Pro 3:16; Dan 12:7; Son 2:6; Son 8:3.
3 = north (on left of one facing east, compare אָחוֺר
d, יָמִין
4, קֶדֶם
1 b) Gen 14:15; Jos 19:27(P); of. Eze 16:46.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Spatial Referents44 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0