שְׂמָאלִי
sᵉmâʼlîy · sem-aw-lee'
situated on the left side
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8040 (שְׂמֹאול);
situated on the left side
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׂמָאלִי 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- left hand2 · 22%
- that is in his left2 · 22%
- to the left2 · 22%
- the left1 · 11%
- of that on the left1 · 11%
- thou also upon thy left1 · 11%
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.