שְׂמֹאל (śĕmōʾl) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning the left. It appears
54 times
in 22 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8040).
Also rendered
left
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2267a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2267a)the left; left hand; north; dark, enveloped
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שְׂמֹאלnoun, masculine: the left
1.left, region on the left
2.left hand
3.north (on left of one facing east)
Strong's H8040שְׂמֹאול: properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand KJV:left (hand, side).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 2267: שִׂמְאֵלśimʾēl — take the left; use the left hand, pass in that direction