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Hebrew wordlink #379372

OSHB Zec 12:6 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
Year=-487 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Zechariah

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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’.

2 KI 23:8 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_left_side’ word gloss=‘left’ OSHB 2 KI 23:8 word 30

OET-LV: 8 And_he/it _brought DOM all _of the_priests from_the _cities _of Yəhūdāh and_he _made _unclean DOM the _high_places where they _had _made _smoke (to)_there the_priests from_Geⱱaˊ to Bəʼēr Sheⱱaˊ and_he _broke _down DOM the _high _places _of the _gates which were _at_the _entrance _of the _gate _of Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) the _governor _of the_city which was_at the_left _side anyone at_the _gate _of the_city. (KI2_23:8)

OET-RV: 8 He brought all the priests to Yerushalem from the cities of Yehudah, and he desecrated the hilltop shrines where the priests had burnt incense, from Geba to Beer-Sheva. He demolished the hilltop shrines that Yehoshua (a city official) had built near the city gate (on the left of the gate as you entered the city). (KI2 23:8)

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)