H8042 שְׂמָאלִי (sᵉmâʼlîy) sem-aw-lee'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

left

Strong's Definition

situated on the left side

Derivation: from H8040 (שְׂמֹאול);

KJV Usage: left.

TWOT Reference: 2267b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) left, left side, on the left

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׂמָאלִי (se.ma.li) — left. left, left side, on the left

שְׂמָאלִי (se.ma.li) — left: north. left, left side, on the left

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שְׂמָאלִי (H8042)

adj · שׂמאל

Spatial Referents | ≠ יְמִינִי

left = a referent pointing to the north side of the human body when facing the sunrise; ≈ in extension: one option as opposed to another

LEV 14:15 · LEV 14:16 · LEV 14:26 · LEV 14:27 · 1KI 7:21 · 2KI 11:11 · 2CH 3:17 · 2CH 23:10 · EZK 4:4

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׂמָאלִי adj. left, on the left base

Bible Occurrences (9)

14:15 14:16 14:26 14:27

7:21

11:11

3:17 23:10

4:4

Leviticus 14:15

Then the priest shall take [some] of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm,

Leviticus 14:16

dip his right forefinger into the oil in his left palm, and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.

Leviticus 14:26

Then the priest is to pour some of the oil into his left palm

Leviticus 14:27

and sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD.

1 Kings 7:21

Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.

2 Kings 11:11

And the guards... stood with weapons in hand surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.

2 Chronicles 3:17

Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. [The pillar] on the south he named... Jachin, [and the pillar] on the north he named Boaz.

2 Chronicles 23:10

He stationed all the troops..., with their weapons in hand, surrounding the king by the altar and the temple,... from the south side to the north side of the temple.