Semali שְׂמָאלִי

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Semali (Hebrew שְׂמָאלִי, Strong's H8042) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “left”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

left, left side, on the left

left, left side, on the left

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	left (7), hand (2)
BSB	north (4), left (2), his left (2), your left (1)

Every verse with Semali, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Leviticus 14:15
And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:Then the priest shall take some of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm,
Leviticus 14:16
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord:dip his right forefinger into the oil in his left palm, and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
Leviticus 14:26
And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:Then the priest is to pour some of the oil into his left palm
Leviticus 14:27
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord:and sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD.

1 Kings 7:21
And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.

2 Kings 11:11
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.And the guards stood with weapons in hand surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.

2 Chronicles 3:17
And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.
2 Chronicles 23:10
And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.He stationed all the troops, with their weapons in hand, surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.

Ezekiel 4:4
Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).