Sᵉmôʼwl — H8040

Definition

masculine noun

properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand

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

Usually translated as

left

Origin

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

• Same as Simlâh (H8071)

Greek equivalents

• aristerós (G710)

Occurrences

Sᵉmôʼwl occurs 54 times in 53 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 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 Songs (2), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (3), Daniel (1), Jonah (1), Zechariah (3)

• Genesis 13:9 — Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand (הַשְּׂמֹ֣אל), then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
• Genesis 14:15 — And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand (מִשְּׂמֹ֖אל) of Damascus.
• Genesis 24:49 — And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left (שְׂמֹֽאל).
• Genesis 48:13 — And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand (מִשְּׂמֹ֣אל), and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.
• Genesis 48:13 — And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand (בִשְׂמֹאל֖וֹ) toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.
• Genesis 48:14 — And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand (שְׂמֹאל֖וֹ) upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
• Exodus 14:22 — And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left (וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם).
• Exodus 14:29 — But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left (וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם).
• Numbers 20:17 — Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left (וּשְׂמֹ֔אול), until we have passed thy borders.
• Numbers 22:26 — And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left (וּשְׂמֹֽאול).
• Deuteronomy 2:27 — Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left (וּשְׂמֹֽאול).
• Deuteronomy 5:32 — Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left (וּשְׂמֹֽאל).
• Deuteronomy 17:11 — According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left (וּשְׂמֹֽאל).
• Deuteronomy 17:20 — That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left (וּשְׂמֹ֑אול): to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
• Deuteronomy 28:14 — And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left (וּשְׂמֹ֑אול), to go after other gods to serve them.
• Joshua 1:7 — Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left (וּשְׂמֹ֑אול), that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
• Joshua 19:27 — And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand (מִשְּׂמֹֽאל),
• Joshua 23:6 — Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left (וּשְׂמֹֽאול);
• Judges 3:21 — And Ehud put forth his left (שְׂמֹאל֔וֹ) hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
• Judges 7:20 — And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left (שְׂמאוֹלָם֙) hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
• Judges 16:29 — And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left (בִּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ).
• 1 Samuel 6:12 — And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left (וּשְׂמֹ֑אול); and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
• 2 Samuel 2:19 — And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left (הַשְּׂמֹ֔אול) from following Abner.
• 2 Samuel 2:21 — And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left (שְׂמֹאלֶ֔ךָ), and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
• 2 Samuel 16:6 — And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left (וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ).
• 1 Kings 7:39 — And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left (מִשְּׂמֹאל֑וֹ) side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.
• 1 Kings 7:49 — And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left (מִשְּׂמֹ֛אול), before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
• 1 Kings 22:19 — And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left (וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ).
• 2 Kings 22:2 — And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left (וּשְׂמֹֽאול).
• 2 Kings 23:8 — And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand (שְׂמֹ֥אול) at the gate of the city.
• 1 Chronicles 6:44 — And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand (הַשְּׂמֹ֑אול): Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
• 2 Chronicles 3:17 — And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left (מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֑אול); and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
• 2 Chronicles 4:6 — He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left (מִשְּׂמֹאול֙), to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
• 2 Chronicles 4:7 — And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left (מִשְּׂמֹֽאול).
• 2 Chronicles 4:8 — He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left (מִשְּׂמֹ֑אול). And he made an hundred basons of gold.
• 2 Chronicles 18:18 — Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left (וּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ).
• 2 Chronicles 34:2 — And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left (וּשְׂמֹֽאול).
• Nehemiah 8:4 — And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand (וּמִשְּׂמֹאל֗וֹ), Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
• Job 23:9 — On the left hand (שְׂמֹ֣אול), where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
• Proverbs 3:16 — Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand (בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּ) riches and honour.
• Proverbs 4:27 — Turn not to the right hand nor to the left (וּשְׂמֹ֑אול): remove thy foot from evil.
• Ecclesiastes 10:2 — A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left (לִשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ).
• Song of Songs 2:6 — His left hand (שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙) is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
• Song of Songs 8:3 — His left hand (שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙) should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
• Isaiah 9:20 — And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand (שְׂמֹ֖אול), and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
• Isaiah 54:3 — For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left (וּשְׂמֹ֖אול); and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
• Ezekiel 1:10 — As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side (מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֖אול); they four also had the face of an eagle.
• Ezekiel 16:46 — And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand (שְׂמֹאולֵ֑ךְ): and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
• Ezekiel 39:3 — And I will smite thy bow out of thy left (שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָ) hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
• Daniel 12:7 — And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand (וּשְׂמֹאלוֹ֙) unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.