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title: שְׂמָאלִי — left · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂמָאלִי (8042), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: left. BDB 1906: adj. left, on the left. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂמָאלִי

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«שְׂמָאלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **left** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 8042 · **BDB:** שְׂמָאלִי

### Glosses

left (8); the.left.\[pillar\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

left [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8042/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. left, on the left [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8042/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. left, on the left;—שׂ׳ 1 K 7:21 +; f. שְׂמָאלִית Lv 14:15 +;—left (usually opp. יְמָנִי), pillar 1 K 7:21 = 2 Ch 3:17, side of temple 2 K 11:11 = 2 Ch 23:10, side of body Ez 4:4, palm Lv 14:15, 16, 26, 27 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂמָאלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8042/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 14:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.26/)

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וּמִן־הַשֶּׁ֖מֶן יִצֹ֣ק הַכֹּהֵ֑ן עַל־כַּ֥ף הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַשְּׂמָאלִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and some.of the oil he.will.pour the priest on the.palm of the.priest (the) left

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand.

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[Leviticus 14:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.15/)

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וְלָקַ֥ח הַכֹּהֵ֖ן מִלֹּ֣ג הַשָּׁ֑מֶן וְיָצַ֛ק עַל־כַּ֥ף הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַשְּׂמָאלִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.take the priest some of.the.log of.(the) oil and he.will.pour.\[it\] on the.palm of the.priest (the) left

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.

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