שִׂמְאֵל
sa.mal
“to go left”
Definition
to use the left hand or pass in that direction)
a primitive root (denominative from H8040 (שְׂמֹאול));
- to take the left, go to the left 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to go to the left 1a2) to turn (aside) to the left (fig) 1a3) to use the left hand
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
שִׂמְאֵל appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?”The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.