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Lexicon :: Strong's H8040 - śᵊmō'l

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שְׂמֹאל
Transliteration
śᵊmō'l
Pronunciation
sem-ole'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word [rather perhaps from the same as שִׂמְלָה (H8071) (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up]
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TWOT Reference: 2267a

Strong’s Definitions

שְׂמֹאול sᵉmôʼwl, sem-ole'; or שְׂמֹאל sᵉmôʼl; a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as H8071 (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up); properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand:—left (hand, side).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H8040 in the following manner: left (36x), left hand (17x), left side (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H8040 in the following manner: left (36x), left hand (17x), left side (1x).

  1. the left, the left hand, the left side

    1. left

    2. left hand

    3. north (as one faces east)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׂמֹאול sᵉmôʼwl, sem-ole'; or שְׂמֹאל sᵉmôʼl; a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as H8071 (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up); properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand:—left (hand, side).
STRONGS H8040: Abbreviations
שְׂמאֹל, שְׂמאֹול (BaerJoshua 1:7)54 noun [masculine] the left (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šumêlu; Arabic bdb096905(also bdb096906and bdb096907, bdb096908, north wind); Old Aramaic שמאל, Palmyrene (suffix) סמלך; Syriac bdb096909; √ dubious, שאם + ל NöM 128 HomA. u. A. i. (1892), 21 Köii. 1. 148, 405; (see also Thes DietrWortforschung 234), compare Arabic bdb096910be unlucky, bdb096911left, bdb096912, bdb096913north; Sabean שאם north, unlucky DHMEpigr. Denkm. 29; Epigr. Denkm. Arabic Nos. 6. 7; other views in Sta§ 299 LagBN 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 + 7 times + 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 + 13 times
†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; Songs 2:6; Songs 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:9; 13:9; 14:15; 14:15; 24:49; 48:13; 48:13; 48:13; 48:14; 48:18

Exodus

14:22; 14:29

Numbers

20:17

Joshua

1:7; 19:27

Judges

3:21; 7:20; 16:29; 19:27

1 Samuel

6:12

2 Samuel

2:19; 2:21; 2:21; 16:6

2 Kings

23:8; 23:8; 23:8

1 Chronicles

6:29

2 Chronicles

3:17; 18:18

Job

23:9

Proverbs

3:16

Ecclesiastes

10:2

Song of Songs

2:6; 8:3

Isaiah

9:20

Ezekiel

1:10; 16:46; 16:46; 39:8

Daniel

12:7

Jonah

4:11

Zechariah

4:3; 4:11; 12:6

H8040

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Strong's Number H8040 matches the Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (śᵊmō'l),
which occurs 54 times in 53 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 13:9–Jon 4:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them close to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - Please let us pass through your country. We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will travel along the King’s Highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - Then the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:27 - “Let us pass through your country. We will stay on the main road; we will not turn aside to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:32 - So be careful to do what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - Act according to whatever they teach you and the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - and not consider himself better than his fellow Israelites and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:14 - Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - It then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, passing Kabul on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:6 - “Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - Then the cows went straight up toward Beth Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; they did not turn to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - He chased Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he pursued him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - Then Abner said to him, “Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - He pelted David and all the king’s officials with stones, though all the troops and the special guard were on David’s right and left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary); the gold floral work and lamps and tongs;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 - Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:2 - He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - Josiah brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He broke down the gateway at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city governor, which was on the left of the city gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - and from their associates, the Merarites, at his left hand: Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluk,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin[fn] and the one to the north Boaz.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8 - He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 - Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing on his right and on his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2 - He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4 - Ezra the teacher of the Law stood on a high wooden platform built for the occasion. Beside him on his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah and Maaseiah; and on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9 - When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:16 - Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 - Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:6 - His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:3 - His left arm is under my head and his right arm embraces me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - On the right they will devour, but still be hungry; on the left they will eat, but not be satisfied. Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[fn]:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3 - For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - Your older sister was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3 - Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time.[fn] When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”

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