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sa.mal H8041

שִׂמְאֵל (sa.mal) means “to go left” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שִׂמְאֵל Hebrew · H8041 5 tagged occurrences in 5 verses

Pronunciation guide: saw-mal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8041

שִׂמְאֵל · sa.mal · to go left

1) to take the left, go to the left 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to go to the left 1a2) to turn (aside) to the left (fig) 1a3) to use the left hand

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root (denominative from H8040 (שְׂמֹאול)); to use the left hand or pass in that direction)

KJV glosses: (go, turn) (on the, to the) left.

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How translators render H8041

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 2
and left hands 1
i will go to the left 1
to the left 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and the left 1
and when ye turn to the left 1
on the left 1
or to the left 1
then i will go to the left 1

Verses containing H8041

Page 1 of 1. 5 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

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  2. 2 Samuel 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.

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  3. 1 Chronicles 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):

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  4. Isaiah 30:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

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  5. Ezekiel 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Slash to the right; set your blade to the left—wherever your blade is directed.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.21

Sources and text

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