Strong's Hebrew: 8041. simel -- to take the left

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Lexicon

simel: to take the left

Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: simel
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-mal')
Short Definition: left

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
denominative verb from semovl
Definition
to take the left
NASB Translation
go to the left (2), left (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שִׂמְאֵל] verb denominative Hiph`il take the left (always opposed to הֵמִין): — Imperfect cohortative אַשְׂמְאִ֫ילָה Genesis 13:9; 2masculine plural, תַּשְׂמְאִ֫ילוּ Isaiah 30:21; Imperative feminine singular הַשְׂמִילִי (Ges^{§ 23f} Kö^{1. 276}) Ezekiel 21:21, compare Infinitive construct הַשְׂמִיל 2 Samuel 14:19; Participle מַשְׂמִאלִים 1 Chronicles 12:2; —

1 = go to the left Genesis 13:9 (J), Ezekiel 21:21.

2 figurative turn (aside) to the left (from true way) 2 Samuel 14:19; Isaiah 30:21.

3 use the left hand 1 Chronicles 12:2.

[שָׂמַל] Hiph`il see [שַׂמְאַל]

Strong's

go, turn on the, to the left

A primitive root (denominative from smo'wl); to use the left hand or pass in that direction) -- (go, turn) (on the, to the) left.

see HEBREW smo'wl