Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #185281

OSHB 2 Ki 23:8 שְׂמֹאול (səmoʼvl) Strongs=8040 Lemma=‘שְׂמֹאל’
contextual word gloss=‘[the]_left_side’ word gloss=‘left’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
TimeSeries=Reign_of_Josiah

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Other uses (3) of identical word form שְׂמֹאול (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שְׂמֹאול’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘[the]_left_side’.

JOB 23:9 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_left_side’ word gloss=‘left’ OSHB JOB 23:9 word 1

OET-LV: 9 the_left _side when_he_acts and_not I _see_him he _turns the_right _side and_not I _see_him. (JOB_23:9)

OET-RV: 9 He works in the north, but I can’t see him,
⇔ ≈ and when he turned south, I didn’t spot him. (JOB 23:9)

ISA 9:19 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_left_side’ word gloss=‘left’ OSHB ISA 9:19 word 7

OET-LV: 19  and_it _devoured on the_right _side and_it _was _hungry and_it _ate on the_left _side and_not they _were _satisfied everyone the _flesh _of his _own _arm _of_of they _ate. (ISA_9:19)

OET-RV: 19 Army commander Yahweh’s anger causes the entire land to be scorched,
⇔ and then the people become the fuel for the fire
⇔ as each man doesn’t even spare his own brother. (ISA 9:19)

ZEC 12:6 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_left_side’ word gloss=‘left’ OSHB ZEC 12:6 word 17

OET-LV: 6 In _the_day (the)_that I _will _make DOM the _chiefs _of Yəhūdāh like_a _pot _of fire among_wood(s) and_like_a _torch _of fire among_cut _grain and_they _will _consume on the_right _side and_on the_left _side DOM all _of the_peoples all _around and_ Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) _it _will _remain again in_its _place in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (ZEC_12:6)

OET-RV: 6 At that time, I will make the leaders of Yehudah like firepots among wood and like a flaming torch among standing grain, because they’ll devour all the surrounding peoples on their right and on their left. Yerushalem will again live in her own place.” (ZEC 12:6)