שמאל

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See also: שמאָל

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *śimaʔl. Cognate with Arabic شِمَال (šimāl), Akkadian 𒆏 (šumēlum), Aramaic סְמָלָא (səmālā), שְׂמָאלָא (śəmālā), ܣܸܡܵܠܵܐ (semmālā), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍 (šmảl). The north sense derives from the direction being on the left side facing the sunrise, this sense also exists in Arabic.

Pronunciation

Noun

שְׂמֹאל (s'mólm

  1. left (the left side or direction)
    Antonym: יָמִין (yamín)
    בצד שמאלb'tsád s'mólon the left side
    יד שמאלyád s'mólleft hand
  2. (politics) The Left, the political left.
    Antonym: יָמִין (yamín)
    מפלגת שמאלmifléget s'móla left-wing party
  3. (Biblical Hebrew) North.
    Synonym: צָפֹון (tsafón)
    Antonyms: יָמִין (yamín), דָּרוֹם (daróm), נֶגֶב (négev), תֵּימָן (teimán)
    • Tanach, Genesis 14:15, with translation of the New International Version:
      וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו וַיַּכֵּם וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם עַד־חֹובָה אֲשֶׁר מִשְּׂמֹאל לְדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃
      During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

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Adjective

שמאל (shmol)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of שמאָל (shmol).