שמש

שמש • (transliteration needed)

1. to serve

From Proto-Semitic *śamš-.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʃemeʃ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key):

שֶׁמֶשׁ • (shémesh) f (plural indefinite שְׁמָשׁוֹת, Biblical Hebrew pausal form שָׁמֶשׁ)

1. sun

   Synonym: חַמָּה (khamá)

   • Tanach, Ecclesiastes 1:5, with translation of jps:

     וְזָרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וּבָא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְאֶל־מְקוֹמוֹ שׁוֹאֵף זוֹרֵחַ הוּא שָׁם׃

     v'zarákh hashémesh uva hashámesh v'el m'komó sho'éf zoréakh hu sham

     The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Ta'anit 8b:

     וְאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: שֶׁמֶשׁ בְּשַׁבָּת — צְדָקָה לַעֲנִיִּים

     v'amár rabí yitskhák: shémesh b'shabát — ts'daká la'aniyím

     and R. Isaac said: Sabbath sun is charity for the poor.

• אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ (en kol khadásh tákhat hashámesh)
• בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ (bet shémesh)
• דּוּד שֶׁמֶשׁ (dud shémesh)
• מַעֲרֶכֶת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ (ma'arékhet hashémesh)
• עיט שמש (áyit shémesh)
• שִׁמְשִׁי (shimshí)
• שְׁעוֹן שֶׁמֶשׁ (sh'ón shémesh)
• מִשְׁקְפֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ m pl (mishk'fé shémesh, “sunglasses”)

• השמש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

שַׁמָּשׁ • (shamásh) m

1. public servant
2. (Judaism) sexton
3. (Judaism) shamash (the candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah)
4. (Mishna) waiter

• (waiter): מלצר (meltsár)

• → English: shamash
• → Yiddish: שמשׂ (shames)
  • → Dutch: sjammes
  • → English: shammes

• שליח ציבור (shalíakh tsibúr)
• גבאי (gabái)

• (specialized candle): Hanukkah menorah

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

שִׁמֵּשׁ • (shimésh) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of שימש.

שמש • (shames)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of שמשׂ (shames).