Strong's H8040

שְׂמֹאול

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

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

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);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, שְׂמֹאול is translated as: left (hand, side)..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.