- שמאל
- שמאלHif. הִשְׂמְאִיל (b. h.) to go to the left; to be on the left side, go wrong. Sabb.63a למַשְׂמְאִילִים בה to those who make the wrong use of it, v. יָמַן. Ib. 88b למשמאילים בה (Ms. M. דלא איימין ליה, v. יְמַן). Cant. R. to I, 9 אלו … ואלו משמאילים those (pleading in favor of the accused) stand to the right, and those (against the accused) to the left; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.