שמאל

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שמאל

/ˈsmol/ Modern Israeli
/seˈmol/

Rhymes with (Modern, Sephardi) -ol

Where it comes from

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.

noun שְׂמֹאל · s'mól · שְׂמֹאלִי · שְׂמֹאלֵנוּ · הַשְּׂמֹאל

left (the left side or direction) בצד שמאל
Opposite: יָמִין
The Left, the political left. מפלגת שמאל
Opposite: יָמִין
Biblical North. וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו וַיַּכֵּם וַיִּרְדְּפֵם עַד־חוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר מִשְּׂמֹאל לְדַמָּשֶׂק׃
Similar: צָפוֹן · Opposite: יָמִין, דָּרוֹם, נֶגֶב, תֵּימָן

In English

left west side of the body when one is facing north

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {שמאל},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9C},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}