King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8041
Transliteration: simel
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-mal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to take the left
Meaning: to use the left hand, pass in that direction)
Word Summary
simel: to take the left
Original Word: שָׂמַאלTransliteration: simel
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-mal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to take the left
Meaning: to use the left hand, pass in that direction)
Strong's Concordance
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8041. simel
[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 Kö1. 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]