# H8041 שָׂמַאל

שָׂמַאל (sâmaʼl), Strong’s H8041: to use the left hand or pass in that direction) KJV: (go, turn) (on the, to the) left.. Occurs 5 times.

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*sâmaʼl* — to use the left hand or pass in that direction)

KJV: (go, turn) (on the, to the) left.

Derived from [שְׂמֹאול sᵉmôʼwl](https://besorah.bible/word/H8040) (dark)

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [שִׂמְאֵל] vb. denom. Hiph. take the left

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 13:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/13?v=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…
- [2 Samuel 14:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/14?v=19) — The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king…
- [Isaiah 30:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=21) — and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying…
- [Ezekiel 21:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/21?v=21) — Gather yourselves together. Go to the right. Set yourselves in array. Go to the left, wherever your face is set.
- [1 Chronicles 12:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/12?v=2) — They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows…