שְׂמָאלָא, ch. = h. שְׂמֹאל. Targ. Num. XXII, 26; a. e., v. סְמָלָא.—Y. Ned. I, 37ᵃ top ש׳ הרי זו שבועה if one swears ‘by my left hand,’ it is a binding oath.