שש

Hebrew

שֵׁשׁ • (shésh) f (masculine שִׁשָּׁה (shishá))

Borrowed from Egyptian šs (“linen”).^[1]

שֵׁשׁ • (shésh) m

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root
שׂ־י־שׂ (s-y-s)

שָׂשׂ • (sás) (pa'al construction, infinitive לָשִׂישׂ, future יָשִׂישׂ, imperative שִׂישׂ)

to rejoice, be happy
Synonym: שָׂמַח (samákh)
- c. 1579, Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, Lecha Dodi:
  יָשִׂישׂ עָלַיִךְ אֱלֹהָיִךְ / כִּ מְשׂוֹשׂ חָתָן עַל כַּלָּה
  Thy G-d will rejoice over thee, / Like the rejoicing of groom over bride.

Conjugation of שָׂשׂ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לָשִׂישׂ action noun: —
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	שַׂשְׂתִּי		שַׂשְׂנוּ
	second	שַׂשְׂתָּ	שַׂשְׂתְּ	שַׂשְׂתֶּם	שַׂשְׂתֶּן
	third	שָׂשׂ	שָׂשָׂה	שָׂשׂוּ
present		שָׂשׂ	שָׂשָׂה	שָׂשִׂים	שָׂשׂוֹת
future	first	אָשִׂישׂ		נָשִׂישׂ
	second	תָּשִׂישׂ	תָּשִׂישִׂי	תָּשִׂישׂוּ	תָּשֵׂשְׂנָה¹
	third	יָשִׂישׂ	תָּשִׂישׂ	יָשִׂישׂוּ	תָּשֵׂשְׂנָה¹
imperative		שִׂישׂ	שִׂישִׂי	שִׂישׂוּ	שֵׂשְׂנָה¹
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.

^ Hoffmeier, James K. (2023) “Further Reflections on Egyptian Influences on the Early Hebrews—Priestly Matters”, in Linguistic and Philological Studies of the Hebrew Bible and its Manuscripts in Honor of Gary A. Rendsburg (Studia Semitica Neerlandica; 75)‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186