Strongs Number: H8040
- Hebrew Word
- שְׂמֹאול
- Transliteration
- sᵉmôʼwl
- Phonetic
- sem-ole'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
properly dark (as {enveloped }) that {is} the north; hence (by orientation) the left hand
- BDB Definition
-
1. the left, the left hand, the left side
a. left
b. left hand
c. north (as one faces east)
- Origin
- A primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as H8071 (by insertion of the 'aleph) through the idea of wrapping up)
- Bible Usage
- left ({hand} side).