שִׂמְאֵל
Used: 5 times · Key: 8041 · BDB: שִׂמְאֵל
Glosses
go.to.the.left (2); I.will.go.to.the.left (1); using.left.hand (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
take the left tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. denom. take the left tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. denom. take the left (always opp. הֵימִין):—Impf. cohort. אַשְׂמְאִ֫ילָה Gn 13:9; 2 mpl. תַּשְׂמְאִ֫ילוּ Is 30:21; Imv. fs. הַשְׂמִילִי (Ges§ 23 f Köi. 276) Ez 21:21, cf. Inf. cstr. הַשְׂמִיל 2 S 14:19; Pt. מַשְׂמִאלִים 1 Ch 12:2;— = go to the left Gn 13:9 (J), Ez 21:21. fig. turn (aside) to the left (from true way) 2 S 14:19; Is 30:21. use the left hand 1 Ch 12:2.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «שִׂמְאֵל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
הִתְאַחֲדִ֥י הֵימִ֖נִי הָשִׂ֣ימִי הַשְׂמִ֑ילִי אָ֖נָה פָּנַ֥יִךְ מֻעָדֽוֹת׃
Word for word: be.sharp go.to.the.right cause.to.set go.to.the.left where? face [is].your set
JPS 1917: Go thee one way to the right, or direct thyself to the left; whither is thy face set?
נֹ֣שְׁקֵי קֶ֗שֶׁת מַיְמִינִ֤ים וּמַשְׂמִאלִים֙ בָּֽאֲבָנִ֔ים וּבַחִצִּ֖ים בַּקָּ֑שֶׁת מֵאֲחֵ֥י שָׁא֖וּל מִבִּנְיָמִֽן׃
Word for word: [they.were].equipped of.bow using.right.hand and using.left.hand with (the) stones and with (the) arrows with the bow some of.the.relatives of.Saul from Benjamin
JPS 1917: They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
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