- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- הַסֶּ֖מֶל1
- הַסֶּ֙מֶל֙1
- סֵ֖מֶל1
- סֵ֛מֶל1
- סָ֑מֶל1
How it is rendered · 4
- [the] idol of2
- figure1
- the image1
- the sculpture1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc · 2
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 33:7הַסֶּ֖מֶלhasemelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularManasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.here: the sculpture
- 2 Chronicles 33:15הַסֶּ֙מֶל֙hasemelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.here: the image
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 8:3סֵ֖מֶלsemelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.here: [the] idol of
- Ezekiel 8:5סֵ֛מֶלsemelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.here: [the] idol of