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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #8040 - שְׂמֹאל

Transliteration

sᵉmôʼwl

Phonetics

sem-ole', sem-ole'

Origin

a primitive word [rather perhaps from the same as (H8071) (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up]

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2267a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

the left, the left hand, the left side
1. left
2. left hand
3. north (as one faces east)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 710 ‑ ἀριστερός (ar‑is‑ter‑os');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (53)

Genesis 5

Exodus 2

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Zechariah 3

BSB (53)

Genesis 6

Exodus 2

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Zechariah 3

CSB (49)

Genesis 6

Exodus 2

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Zechariah 3

ESV (52)

Genesis 6

Exodus 2

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Zechariah 3

KJV (54)

Genesis 6

Exodus 2

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Zechariah 3

LEB (51)

Genesis 5

Exodus 2

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Zechariah 3

LSB (65)

Genesis 8

Exodus 2

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 4

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 4

Isaiah 3

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Jonah 2

Zechariah 4

N95 (65)

Genesis 8

Exodus 2

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 4

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 4

Isaiah 3

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Jonah 2

Zechariah 4

NAS (63)

Genesis 8

Exodus 2

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 4

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 4

Isaiah 3

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Jonah 2

Zechariah 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (53)

Genesis 6

Exodus 2

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Zechariah 3

ASV (53)

and his left hand 2

and on his left 3

and on his left hand 1

and on the left 2

and on the left hand 1

and on their left 2

and their left hand 1

and upon the left side thereof 1

at his left 1

at thy left hand 1

his left 1

his left hand 2

in her left hand 1

in his left hand 1

in their left 1

left hand 2

nor to the left 5

on the left 6

on the left hand 3

on the left side 1

or to the left 9

or to thy left 1

out of thy left 1

to the left 1

upon the left side thereof 1

which is on the left hand 1

with his left 1

BSB (53)

and at his left 1

and his left hand 2

and left 3

and on his left 2

and on their left 2

from their left 1

from your left 1

he put his left 1

his left hand 2

in her left hand 1

in his left hand 1

in the north 1

in their left 1

its left 1

left hand 1

north 1

on the left 2

on the left side 1

on the north 4

or left 1

or to the left 13

the left 4

the north 1

to the left 1

with his left 1

you go to the left 1

your left 1

your north 1

CSB (49)

hand 5

left 16

or to the left 1

the left 24

the north 2

to the north 1

ESV (52)

hand 2

left 33

left hand 7

left side 1

north 8

north side 1

KJV (54)

hand 17

left 36

side 1

LEB (51)

⌊your left 1

and his left hand 1

and to the left 1

at his left 1

his left 4

his left hand 2

in her left hand 1

in their left 1

inclines to his left 1

its left 2

on his left 1

on the left 1

or left 6

or to the left 7

the left 6

the left of 2

the north 6

their left 2

you want what is on the left 1

your left 1

your north 1

LSB (65)

hand 10

left 51

north 3

side 1

N95 (65)

hand 10

left 51

north 3

side 1

NAS (63)

hand 8

left 51

north 3

side 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (53)

and his left hand 2

and on his left 3

and on the left 2

and on the left side of it 1

and on their left 2

and their left hand 1

at his left 1

at your left hand 1

his left 1

his left hand 2

in her left hand 1

in his left hand 1

in their left 1

left hand 2

nor to the left 5

on the left 6

on the left hand 3

on the left side 1

on the left side of it 1

or to the left 9

or to your left 1

out of your left 1

to the left 1

to the north 1

which is on the left hand 1

with his left 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

3036) l a m x (סמאל SMAL) AC: ? CO: Left AB: ?

V) l a m x (סמאל SMAL) - Left: To go to the left. [df: lamV] KJV (5): (vf: Hiphil) left - Strongs: H8041 (שִׂמְאֵל)

c^m ) l a f m x (סמואל SMWAL) - Left: The left hand, side or direction. [df: lamV] KJV (54): left, left hand, left side - Strongs: H8040 (שְׂמֹאל)

f^m ) i l a m x (סמאלי SMALY) - Left: The left hand, side or direction. [df: ylamV] KJV (9): left, left hand - Strongs: H8042 (שְׂמָאלִי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שְׂמאֹל, שְׂמאֹול (Baer^{Joshua 1:7})₅₄

noun [masculine] the left (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šumêlu; Arabic (also and , , north wind); Old Aramaic שמאל, Palmyrene (suffix) סמלך; Syriac ; √ dubious, שאם + ל Nö^{M 128} Hom^{A. u. A. i. (1892), 21} Kö^{ii. 1. 148,405}; (see also Thes Dietr^{Wortforschung 234}), compare Arabic be unlucky, left, , north; Sabean שאם north, unlucky DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 29; Epigr. Denkm. Arabic Nos. 6. 7}; other views in Sta^{§ 299} Lag^{BN 116}); — שְׂמאֹל abs, Genesis 13:9 +, construct Genesis 48:13; 2 Kings 23:8; שְׂמאֹול absolute Numbers 20:17 +; suffix שְׂמאֹלֶ֑ךָ 2 Samuel 2:21, שְׂמאֹלוֺ Genesis 48:13 +, etc.; — opposed to יָמִין except Genesis 14:15; Judges 19:27; 2 Kings 23:8; —

1 left, region on the left, Genesis 13:9 (J); on the left is ׳עַלשּֿׂ 2 Kings 23:8; Ezekiel 16:46; Zechariah 4:3,11, ׳עַלהַֿשּׂ 1 Chronicles 6:29 compare 2 Chronicles 18:18, also ׳מִשּׂ ( a sinistra) Exodus 14:22,29 (P), 2 Samuel 16:6 7t. + ׳מִהַשּׂ 2 Chronicles 3:17; Ezekiel 1:10, ׳לִשׂ Ecclesiastes 10:2, ׳שׂ alone Job 23:9; toward the left is ׳עַלשֿׂ Genesis 24:49 (J), 2 Samuel 2:21; Zechariah 12:6, ׳עַלהַֿשּׂ 2 Samuel 2:19, ׳שׂ alone 1 Samuel 6:12; Isaiah 9:20 13t.

2׳יַדשֿׂ left hand, Judges 3:21; Judges 7:20, so ׳שׂ alone Genesis 48:18,13,14 (E), Judges 16:29; Ezekiel 39:8; Jonah 4:11; Proverbs 3:16; Daniel 12:7; Song of Solomon 2:6; Song of Solomon 8:3.

3 = north (on left of one facing east, compare אָחוֺר

d, יָמִין

4, קֶדֶם

1 b) Genesis 14:15; Joshua 19:27(P); of. Ezekiel 16:46.

List of Word Forms

בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּ בִּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃ בִשְׂמֹאל֖וֹ בשמאולה בשמאלו בשמאלו׃ הַשְּׂמָאלִ֖י הַשְּׂמֹ֑אול הַשְּׂמֹ֔אול הַשְּׂמֹ֣אל השמאול השמאל השמאלי וּמִשְּׂמֹאל֗וֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם׃ וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃ וּשְׂמֹ֑אול וּשְׂמֹ֔אול וּשְׂמֹ֖אול וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃ וּשְׂמֹֽאל׃ וּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃ וּשְׂמֹאלוֹ֙ ומשמאלו ומשמאלו׃ ומשמאלם ומשמאלם׃ ושמאול ושמאול׃ ושמאל׃ ושמאלו ושמאלו׃ לִשְׂמֹאל֔וֹ לִשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃ לשמאלו לשמאלו׃ מִשְּׂמֹ֑אול מִשְּׂמֹ֖אל מִשְּׂמֹ֛אול מִשְּׂמֹ֣אל מִשְּׂמֹֽאול׃ מִשְּׂמֹֽאל׃ מִשְּׂמֹאול֙ מִשְּׂמֹאל֑וֹ מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֖אול מהשמאול משמאול משמאול׃ משמאל משמאל׃ משמאלו שְׂמֹ֖אול שְׂמֹ֛אול שְׂמֹ֣אול שְׂמֹ֥אול שְׂמֹֽאל׃ שְׂמֹאולֵ֑ךְ שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָ שְׂמֹאולָֽהּ׃ שְׂמֹאל֔וֹ שְׂמֹאל֖וֹ שְׂמֹאלֶ֔ךָ שְׂמֹאלָֽהּ׃ שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙ שְׂמאוֹלָם֙ שמאול שמאולה׃ שמאולך שמאולם שמאל׃ שמאלה׃ שמאלו שמאלך biś·mō·lōw ḇiś·mō·lōw biś·mō·w·lāh bismoLah bismoLo biśmōlōw ḇiśmōlōw biśmōwlāh haś·śə·mā·lî haś·śə·mō·wl haś·śə·mōl hassemaLi haśśəmālî hasseMol haśśəmōl haśśəmōwl liś·mō·lōw lismoLo liśmōlōw mê·haś·śə·mō·wl mehasseMol mêhaśśəmōwl miś·śə·mō·lōw miś·śə·mō·wl miś·śə·mōl misseMol miśśəmōl missemoLo miśśəmōlōw miśśəmōwl śə·m·’ō·w·lām śə·mō·lāh śə·mō·le·ḵā śə·mō·lōw śə·mō·w·lāh śə·mō·w·le·ḵā śə·mō·w·lêḵ śə·mō·wl śə·mōl śəm’ōwlām seMol śəmōl semoLah śəmōlāh semoLam semoLech semoLecha śəmōleḵā semoLo śəmōlōw śəmōwl śəmōwlāh śəmōwlêḵ śəmōwleḵā ū·miś·śə·mō·lām ū·miś·śə·mō·lōw ū·śə·mō·lōw ū·śə·mō·wl ū·śə·mōl umissemoLam ūmiśśəmōlām umissemoLo ūmiśśəmōlōw useMol ūśəmōl usemoLo ūśəmōlōw ūśəmōwl vismoLo