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Lexicon :: Strong's H8041 - śam'al

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שַׂמְאַל
Transliteration
śam'al
Pronunciation
saw-mal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [denom from שְׂמֹאל (H8040)]
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TWOT Reference: 2267

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂמַאל sâmaʼl, saw-mal'; a primitive root (denominative from H8040); to use the left hand or pass in that direction:—(go, turn) (on the, to the) left.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H8041 in the following manner: left (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H8041 in the following manner: left (5x).

  1. to take the left, go to the left

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to go to the left

      2. to turn (aside) to the left (fig)

      3. to use the left hand

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂמַאל sâmaʼl, saw-mal'; a primitive root (denominative from H8040); to use the left hand or pass in that direction:—(go, turn) (on the, to the) left.
STRONGS H8041: Abbreviations
† [שִׂמְאֵל] verb denominative
Hiph. take the left (always opposed to הֵמִין): — Imperfect cohortative אַשְׂמְאִ֫ילָה Genesis 13:9; 2nd person masculine plural, תַּשְׂמְאִ֫ילוּ Isaiah 30:21; Imperative feminine singular הַשְׂמִילִי (Ges§ 23 f Kö1. 276) Ezekiel 21:21, compare Infinitive construct הַשְׂמִיל 2 Samuel 14:19; Participle מַשְׂמִאלִים 1 Chronicles 12:2; —
1. = go to the left Genesis 13:9 (J), Ezekiel 21:21.
2. figurative turn (aside) to the left (from true way) 2 Samuel 14:19; Isaiah 30:21.
3. use the left hand 1 Chronicles 12:2.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:9; 13:9

2 Samuel

14:19; 14:19

1 Chronicles

12:2; 12:2

Isaiah

30:21; 30:21

Ezekiel

21:21; 21:21

H8041

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8041 matches the Hebrew שַׂמְאַל (śam'al),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - 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 right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - The king said, Is the hand of Yo'av with you in all this? The woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Yo'av, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Sha'ul's brothers of Binyamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:21 - and your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it; when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:16 - Gather you together, go to the right, set yourself in array, go to the left, wherever your face is set.
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