H8040 שְׂמֹאול
sᵉmôʼwl — properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand
KJV: left (hand, side).
Derived from שִׂמְלָה simlâh (a dress, especially a mantle)
Occurs 54 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שְׂמֹאל, שְׂמֹאול 54 n.[m.] the left (√ dub.)
- 1 left, region on the left
- 2 left hand
- 3 = north (on left of one facing east)
Where it occurs
- Genesis 13:9 — 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…
- Genesis 14:15 — He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on…
- Genesis 24:49 — Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or…
- Genesis 48:13 — Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward…
- Genesis 48:14 — Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on…
- Exodus 14:22 — The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were a wall to them on their…
- Exodus 14:29 — But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their…
- Numbers 20:17 — “Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink from…
- Numbers 22:26 — The LORD’s angel went further, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or…
- Deuteronomy 2:27 — “Let me pass through your land. I will go along by the highway. I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.