{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8041",
  "lemma": "שָׂמַאל",
  "transliteration": "sâmaʼl",
  "definition": "to use the left hand or pass in that direction)",
  "kjv": "(go, turn) (on the, to the) left.",
  "occurrences": 5,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H8040",
      "lemma": "שְׂמֹאול",
      "transliteration": "sᵉmôʼwl",
      "meaning": "dark",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H8040"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[שִׂמְאֵל] vb. denom. Hiph. take the left"
  ],
  "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": "2 Samuel 14:19",
      "text": "The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/14?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 30:21",
      "text": "and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 21:21",
      "text": "Gather yourselves together. Go to the right. Set yourselves in array. Go to the left, wherever your face is set.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/21?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 12:2",
      "text": "They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/12?v=2"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H8041",
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  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}