Words the Bible translates as north
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tsaphonצָפוֹןnorth: the northern direction, the northern quarter, and the lands that lie that way
- semolשְׂמֹאלthe left, as opposed to the right: the left hand, the left side, or the direction left
- semaliשְׂמָאלִיon the left: marking which of two matching things, a hand, a side, or a pillar, is the left one
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