se.mo.l H8040

שְׂמֹאל (se.mo.l) means “left” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שְׂמֹאל Hebrew · H8040 54 tagged occurrences in 53 verses

Pronunciation guide: sem-ole' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8040G

שְׂמֹאל · se.mo.l · left

1) the left, the left hand, the left side 1a) left 1b) left hand 1c) north (as one faces east)

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TBESH · H8040H

שְׂמֹאל · se.mo.l · left: north

1) the left, the left hand, the left side 1a) left 1b) left hand 1c) north (as one faces east)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or שְׂמֹאל; a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as H8071 (שִׂמְלָה) (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

KJV glosses: left (hand, side).

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How translators render H8040

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
or to the left	13
on the north	4
the left	4
and left	3
and his left hand	2
and on his left	2
and on their left	2
his left hand	2
on the left	2
and at his left	1
from their left	1
from your left	1
he put his left	1
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 side	1
or left	1
the north	1
to the left	1
with his left	1
you go to the left	1
your left	1
your north	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
on the left	6
the left	6
nor to the left	5
on the left hand	5
or to the left	3
and his left hand	2
and on his left	2
and on the left	2
and on their left	2
his left	2
his left hand	2
left hand	2
and on his left hand	1
and their left hand	1
and upon the left	1
at his left	1
at thy left hand	1
in her left hand	1
in his left hand	1
in their left	1
on the left side	1
or to thy left	1
out of thy left	1
the left hand	1
to the left	1
upon the left	1
with his left	1

Verses containing H8040

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Zechariah 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”
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Zechariah 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
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Zechariah 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.
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