שְׂמֹאל
śəmōʾl

Hebrew noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning north
Literal translation left
Variants
שְׂמֹאל śəmōʾl
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north cardinal direction

הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃ שְׂמֹ֣אול בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ וְלֹא־אָ֑חַז יַעְטֹ֥ף יָ֝מִ֗ין וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶֽה׃

hēn qed̲em ʾehĕlōk̲ wəʾênennû wəʾāḥôr wəlōʾ-ʾāb̲în lô. śəmōʾwl baʿăśōt̲ô wəlōʾ-ʾāḥaz yaʿṭōp̲ yāmîn wəlōʾ ʾerʾeh.

‘But if I go East—He is not there; West—I still do not perceive Him; North—since He is concealed, I do not behold Him; South—He is hidden, and I cannot see Him.’

— Job 23 8-9

Genre: religious text


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). שְׂמֹאל (Lemma #2559). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2559/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). שְׂמֹאל (Lemma #2559). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2559/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). שְׂמֹאל (Lemma #2559). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2559/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) שְׂמֹאל (Lemma #2559), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2559/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2559,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {שְׂמֹאל ({Lemma} #2559)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2559/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2559/},
}