שְׂמֹאל c. (b. h.) left side, left hand. Yoma IV, 1 הסגן … מִשְּׂמאֹלוֹ the Sagan to his right, and the chief of the priests’ division to his left. Ib. אם של שם עלה בשמאלו if the lot marked ‘unto the Lord’ came up in his left hand; הגבה שְׂמֹאלְךָ raise thy right hand. Ib. V, 1 מהלך לשמאלו walks to the left. Snh. 107ᵇ, v. דָּחָה. Sifré Deut. 154 (ref. to Deut. XVII, 11) אפי׳ … על ש׳ שהוא ימין וכ׳ even if they show it before thy eyes that left is right and right is left, listen to them; a. v. fr.
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שְׂמֹאל c. (b. h.) left side, left hand . Yoma IV, 1 הסגן … מִשְּׂמאֹלוֹ the Sagan to his right, and the chief of the priests’ division to his left.…
References
- Mishnah Yoma 4:1
- Sanhedrin 107b:15
- Jastrow, דָּחָה 1
- Sifrei Devarim 154:5
- Deuteronomy 17:11