שָׂמַאל
sâmaʼl · saw-mal'
to use the left hand or pass in that direction)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (denominative from H8040 (שְׂמֹאול));
to use the left hand or pass in that direction)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (go, turn) (on the, to the) left.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂמַאל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- then i will go to the left1 · 20%
- or to the left1 · 20%
- and the left1 · 20%
- and when ye turn to the left1 · 20%
- or on the left1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.