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It often refers to the left hand or the left side of a person or object. In a broader sense, it can also imply a position of lesser favor or strength, as the right hand is traditionally associated with power and blessing.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, including Israel, the right hand was typically seen as the dominant and more favorable side. It was associated with strength, skill, and authority. The left hand, in contrast, was often considered weaker or less honorable. This cultural perspective is reflected in various biblical passages where the right hand symbolizes power and blessing, while the left hand may imply a secondary position.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/hebrew/8040.htm">semovl</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>left, on the left<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>left (9).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">שְׂמָאלִי</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>adjective</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>left, on the left</b></font>; — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שׂ</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/7-21.htm">1 Kings 7:21</a> +; feminine <font class="hebrew2">שְׂמָאלִית</font> <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/14-15.htm">Leviticus 14:15</a> +; — <em>left</em> (usually opposed to <font class="hebrew2">יְמָנִי</font>), pillar <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/7-21.htm">1 Kings 7:21</a> 2Chronicles 3:17, side of temple <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/11-11.htm">2 Kings 11:11</a> 2Chronicles 23:10, side of body <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/4-4.htm">Ezekiel 4:4</a>, palm <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/14-15.htm">Leviticus 14:15</a>,16,26,17 (P). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>left <p>From <a href="/hebrew/8040.htm">smo'wl</a>; situated on the left side -- left. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/8040.htm">smo'wl</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַשְּׂמָאלִ֑ית הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔י הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔ית הַשְּׂמָאלִֽית׃ השמאלי השמאלית השמאלית׃ מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֑אול מהשמאול haś·śə·mā·lî haś·śə·mā·lîṯ hassemaLi haśśəmālî hassemaLit haśśəmālîṯ mê·haś·śə·mō·wl mehasseMol mêhaśśəmōwl<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/leviticus/14-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 14:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כַּ֥ף הַכֹּהֵ֖ן <b> הַשְּׂמָאלִֽית׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and pour <span class="itali">[it] into his left</span> palm;<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of his own <span class="itali">left hand:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/14-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> palm the priest <span class="itali">his left</span><p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/14-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 14:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַל־ כַּפּ֖וֹ <b> הַשְּׂמָאלִ֑ית </b> וְהִזָּ֨ה מִן־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> into the oil <span class="itali">that is in his left</span> palm,<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the oil <span class="itali">that [is] in his left</span> hand,<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/14-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and palm <span class="itali">his left</span> sprinkle some<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/14-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 14:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כַּ֥ף הַכֹּהֵ֖ן <b> הַשְּׂמָאלִֽית׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> some of the oil <span class="itali">into his left</span> palm;<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into the palm of his own <span class="itali">left hand:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/14-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> palm the priest <span class="itali">his left</span><p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/14-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 14:27</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַל־ כַּפּ֖וֹ <b> הַשְּׂמָאלִ֑ית </b> שֶׁ֥בַע פְּעָמִ֖ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the oil <span class="itali">that is in his left</span> palm<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [some] of the oil <span class="itali">that [is] in his left</span> hand<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/14-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and palm <span class="itali">his left</span> seven times<p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/7-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 7:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶת־ הָעַמּ֣וּד <b> הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔י </b> וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_kings/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and he set <span class="itali">up the left</span> pillar<br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and he set up <span class="itali">the left</span> pillar,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/7-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> set pillar <span class="itali">the left</span> and called the name<p><b><a href="/text/2_kings/11-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Kings 11:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כֶּ֤תֶף הַבַּ֙יִת֙ <b> הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔ית </b> לַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ וְלַבָּ֑יִת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_kings/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the house <span class="itali">to the left</span> side<br><a href="/kjvs/2_kings/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the temple <span class="itali">to the left</span> corner<br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/11-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> side of the house <span class="itali">to the left</span> the altar the house<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 3:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִיָּמִ֖ין וְאֶחָ֣ד <b> מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֑אול </b> וַיִּקְרָ֤א שֵׁם־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Jachin <span class="itali">and the one on the left</span> Boaz.<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the name <span class="itali">of that on the left</span> Boaz.<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the right and the other <span class="itali">the left</span> and called the name<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/23-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 23:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כֶּ֤תֶף הַבַּ֙יִת֙ <b> הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔ית </b> לַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ וְלַבָּ֑יִת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the house <span class="itali">to the left</span> side<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the temple <span class="itali">to the left</span> side<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/23-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> side of the house <span class="itali">to the left</span> the altar the house<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/4-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 4:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַל־ צִדְּךָ֣ <b> הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔י </b> וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ אֶת־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> down <span class="itali">on your left</span> side<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Lie <span class="itali">thou also upon thy left</span> side,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/4-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and side <span class="itali">your left</span> and lay the iniquity<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8042.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8042.htm">Strong's Hebrew 8042<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hassemali_8042.htm">haś·śə·mā·lî — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hassemalit_8042.htm">haś·śə·mā·lîṯ — 6 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mehassemol_8042.htm">mê·haś·śə·mō·wl — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div 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