AGnEx 65.6↗ܒܝܪܬܘܬܗ ܕܒܓܪܒܝܐ ܘܒܡܥܪܒܐ݂byrtwth dbgrbyˀ wbmˁrbˀ̱בירתותה דבגרביא ובמערבאܒܝܪܬܘܬܗ ܕܒܓܪܒܝܐ ܘܒܡܥܪܒܐ݂byrtwth dbgrbyˀ wbmˁrbˀ̱בירתותה דבגרביא ובמערבאܒܝܪܬܘܬܗ ܕܒܓܪܒܝܐ ܘܒܡܥܪܒܐ݂ܒܝܪܬܘܬܗ ܕܒܓܪܒܝܐ ܘܒܡܥܪܒܐ݂: in his inheritance that is in the north and in the west;P Gn13:14↗ܠܓܪܒܝܐ ܘܠܬܝܡܢܐlgrbyˀ wltymnˀלגרביא ולתימנאܠܓܪܒܝܐ ܘܠܬܝܡܢܐlgrbyˀ wltymnˀלגרביא ולתימנאܠܓܪܒܝܐ ܘܠܬܝܡܢܐܠܓܪܒܝܐ ܘܠܬܝܡܢܐ;GY 167:8↗hda lmarba uhda lmadna hda lgirba uhda ltimia;MandMB 26:107 ↗ hršia ḏgrbia utimia: sorceries of north and south
Given that the form שמאל appears in close conjunction in the Qumran text, there the meaning of our word may rather be something like "northeast" instead. In Mesopotamian contexts the reference is usually to our "northwest", i.e., upriver.