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. 9×
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).