# שָׂמַאל (samal)

Israeli respelling: sa-mal. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8041. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

to use the left hand or pass in that direction)

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

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/samal-h8041

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 13:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/13/9) — Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or…
- [2 Samuel 14:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/14/19) — And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, no…
- [1 Chronicles 12:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/12/2) — They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’…
- [Isaiah 30:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/21) — And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to t…
- [Ezekiel 21:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/16) — Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.