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śᵊmōʾl שְׂמֹאל ‘left’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive word, compare śimlā שִׂמְלָה ‘mantle’
Roots: שׂמלה

śᵊmōʾl n, m
1) the left, the left hand, the left side
 1a) left
 1b) left hand
 1c) north (as one faces east)

Mentioned in Genesis 24:49, 48:13, 13:9, 48:14, 14:15 Exodus 14:22, 14:29 Numbers 22:26, 20:17 Deuteronomy 17:20, 28:14, 5:32, 17:11, 2:27 Joshua 1:7, 19:27, 23:6 Judges 3:21, 16:29, 7:20 1 Samuel 6:12 2 Samuel 2:21, 16:6, 2:19 1 Kings 22:19, 7:39, 7:49 2 Kings 22:2, 23:8 Isaiah 9:19, 54:3 Ezekiel 1:10, 16:46, 39:3 Jonah 4:11 Zechariah 4:3, 12:6, 4:11 Proverbs 4:27, 3:16 Job 23:9 Song of Songs 2:6, 8:3 Ecclesiastes 10:2 Daniel 12:7 Nehemiah 8:4 1 Chronicles 6:29 2 Chronicles 34:2, 3:17, 18:18, 4:6, 4:7, 4:8

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