Quick Definition
to go left
Strong's Definition
to use the left hand or pass in that direction)
Derivation: a primitive root (denominative from H8040 (שְׂמֹאול));
KJV Usage: (go, turn) (on the, to the) left.
TWOT Reference: 2267
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שְׂמֹאל · שְׂמָאלִי
Move | verb hif | ≠ ימן
to go to the left = action by which humans turn to the left, when walking or performing another event; ≈ in extension: to choose one option as opposed to another
Engage | verb hif | ≠ ימן
to do (something) with the left hand = action by which humans perform an action with the left hand
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שִׂמְאֵל] vb. denom. Hiph. take the left base