Strong's H8040

שְׂמֹאול

Transliteration

sᵉmôʼwl

Pronunciation

sem-ole'

Definition

properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand

KJV usage

left (hand, side).

Derivation

or שְׂמֹאל; a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as H8071 (שִׂמְלָה) (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up);

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.