Lexical 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] |