שָׂמַאל
samal · go to the left
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8041 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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samal (שָׂמַאל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “go to the left”.
How to say it
sa·mal
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Go to the side opposite the right; use the hand that is not the right one.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; and if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
- 2 Samuel 14:19
The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered and said, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said; for your servant Joab, he commanded me, and he put in the mouth of your servant all these words.
- 1 Chronicles 12:2
Armed with the bow, using the right hand and the left with stones and with arrows from the bow, they were of the brothers of Saul, from Benjamin.
- Isaiah 30:21
And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
- Ezekiel 21:16
Unite yourself, go right; set yourself, go left; wherever your face is directed.