{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8040",
  "lemma": "שְׂמֹאול",
  "transliteration": "sᵉmôʼwl",
  "definition": "properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand",
  "kjv": "left (hand, side).",
  "occurrences": 54,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H8071",
      "lemma": "שִׂמְלָה",
      "transliteration": "simlâh",
      "meaning": "a dress, especially a mantle",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H8071"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "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)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 13:9",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/13?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 14:15",
      "text": "He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:49",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=49"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 48:13",
      "text": "Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/48?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 48:14",
      "text": "Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/48?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 14:22",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/14?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 14:29",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/14?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 20:17",
      "text": "“Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink from…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/20?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:26",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 2:27",
      "text": "“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.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/2?v=27"
    }
  ],
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}