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Prep-m  |  9× in 1 sense
left (the left side or hand)

Senses
1. left (the left side or hand) An adjective or substantive denoting the left side, left hand, or leftward direction, as opposed to the right (יָמִין). All 9 occurrences refer to the same spatial orientation, whether used attributively ('the left [pillar/side]') or prepositionally ('on the left'). The distinction between the adjectival use with the article (הַשְּׂמָאלִית / הַשְּׂמָאלִי) and the prepositional construction (מִן הַשְּׂמֹאל) is syntactic, not semantic. Multilingual evidence: eng 'the left / on the left,' spa 'la izquierda / a la izquierda,' hin हश्शमालीत / से बाएँ, arb الْيُسْرَى / عَنِ الشِّمَالِ, kor 왼쪽의 / 에서 그 왼쪽, swa wa kushoto / upande wa kushoto.
GEOGRAPHY_SPACE Spacial Orientations Left Side
AR["الـ-أَيْسَرَ","الـ-أَيْسَرِ","الْيُسْرَى","عَنِ-الشِّمَالِ","ٱلْيُسْرَى"]·ben["-বাম","-বামদিকের","-বামে","-বামের","বামের","সেই-বাম"]·DE["[השמאלי]","[השמאלית]","[מהשמאול]","der-linke","der-links"]·EN["on-the-left","the-left"]·FR["[השמאלית]","[מהשמאול]","gauche","le-gauche"]·heb["ה-שמאלי","ה-שמאלית","מ-ה-שמאול"]·HI["उसकी बाँयी","और-छिड़केगा","ती-बाईं","बाईंओर","बाएँ","सात","से-बाएँ","हश्शमालीत"]·ID["-kiri","di-sebelah-kiri","kiri","kiri.","yang-kiri"]·IT["[השמאלי]","[השמאלית]","[מהשמאול]","il-sinistra"]·jav["kang-kiwa","kiwa","kiwå","wonten-ing-kiwa"]·KO["그-왼쪽","그-왼쪽의","에서-그-왼쪽","왼쪽의"]·PT["a-esquerda","da-esquerda","esquerda","o-esquerdo"]·RU["левого","левой","левую","левый","слева"]·ES["a-la-izquierda","el-izquierdo","la-izquierda"]·SW["cha-kushoto","upande-wa-kushoto","wa-kushoto","ya-kushoto"]·TR["sol","sol-o","soldan"]·urd["بائیں","بائیں-","بائیں-طرف-سے"]

BDB / Lexicon Reference
שְׂמָאלִי adj. left, on the left;—שׂ׳ 1 K 7:21 +; f. שְׂמָאלִית Lv 14:15 +;—left (usually opp. יְמָנִי), pillar 1 K 7:21 = 2 Ch 3:17, side of temple 2 K 11:11 = 2 Ch 23:10, side of body Ez 4:4, palm Lv 14:15, 16, 26, 27 (P).