שָׂמַאל sâmaʼl

Meaning

to use the left hand or pass in that direction)

In the King James Version: (go, turn) (on the, to the) left.

Derivation: a primitive root (denominative from H8040 (שְׂמֹאול));

Where it is used

• Genesis 13:9 Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
• 2 Samuel 14:19 So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
• 1 Chronicles 12:2 they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
• Isaiah 30:21 And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
• Ezekiel 21:16 Slash to the right; set your blade to the left—wherever your blade is directed.