"שמש" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /ʃamʃ/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /ˈʃɛmɛʃ/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], [ˈʃɛːmɛʃ] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ˈʃemeʃ/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *śamš-. Etymology templates: {{lang|he|השמש זורחת בשמיים}} השמש זורחת בשמיים, {{he-rootbox|שׁ־מ־שׁ}}, {{inh|he|sem-pro|*śamš-}} Proto-Semitic *śamš- Head templates: {{he-noun|g=f|pat=קֶטֶל|pausalwv=שָׁמֶש|pl=שְׁמָשׁוֹת|tr=shémesh|wv=שֶׁמֶשׁ}} שֶׁמֶשׁ • (shémesh) f (plural indefinite שְׁמָשׁוֹת, Biblical Hebrew pausal form שָׁמֶש) [pattern: קֶטֶל] Inflection templates: {{he-decl|שֶׁמֶשׁ|שַׁמְשׁוֹ}} Forms: שֶׁמֶשׁ [canonical], shémesh [romanization], שְׁמָשׁוֹת [indefinite, plural], form שָׁמֶש [Biblical-Hebrew, pausal], no-table-tags [table-tags], שֶׁמֶשׁ [indefinite, singular], שַׁמְשִׁי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], שַׁמְשֵׁנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ [definite, singular], שַׁמְשְׁךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], שַׁמְשֵׁךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], שַׁמְשְׁכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], שַׁמְשְׁכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], שֶׁמֶשׁ־ [construct, singular], שַׁמְשׁוֹ [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], שַׁמְשָׁהּ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], שַׁמְשָׁם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], שַׁמְשָׁן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person]
  1. sun Synonyms: חַמָּה Derived forms: 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 (mishk'fé shémesh) (english: sunglasses) [masculine, plural]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: שַׁמָּשׁ [canonical], shamásh [romanization]
Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|שׁ־מ־שׁ}} Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|pat=קַטָּל|tr=shamásh|wv=שַׁמָּשׁ}} שַׁמָּשׁ • (shamásh) m [pattern: קַטָּל]
  1. public servant
    Sense id: en-שמש-he-noun-u8EIlqZQ Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־מ־שׁ, Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 3 28 6 30 16 16 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 5 30 9 36 20 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־מ־שׁ: 5 30 6 35 23 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל: 32 6 37 25
  2. (Judaism) sexton, beadle Tags: Judaism
    Sense id: en-שמש-he-noun-UlSzPQru Categories (other): Judaism
  3. (Judaism) shamash (the candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah) Tags: Judaism
    Sense id: en-שמש-he-noun-NyszmLpa Categories (other): Judaism, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־מ־שׁ, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Light sources, Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 3 28 6 30 16 16 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 5 30 9 36 20 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־מ־שׁ: 5 30 6 35 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 25 6 32 18 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 21 6 42 16 12 Disambiguation of Light sources: 5 22 8 45 12 8 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל: 32 6 37 25
  4. (Mishna) waiter Synonyms: מלצר
    Sense id: en-שמש-he-noun-m-t8C9kT Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־מ־שׁ, Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 3 28 6 30 16 16 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 5 30 9 36 20 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־מ־שׁ: 5 30 6 35 23 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל: 32 6 37 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: שליח ציבור (shalíakh tsibúr), גבאי (gabái)
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: שִׁמֵּשׁ [canonical], shimésh [romanization]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{he-verb|pi|tr=shimésh|wv=שִׁמֵּשׁ}} שִׁמֵּשׁ • (shimésh) (pi'el construction)
  1. defective spelling of שימש. Tags: alt-of, construction-pi'el, misspelling Alternative form of: שימש
    Sense id: en-שמש-he-verb-p2KZtOH5 Categories (other): Hebrew defective spellings, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 3 28 6 30 16 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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        "third-person"
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        "plural",
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        "third-person"
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        "tr": "shémesh",
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      "expansion": "שֶׁמֶשׁ • (shémesh) f (plural indefinite שְׁמָשׁוֹת, Biblical Hebrew pausal form שָׁמֶש) [pattern: קֶטֶל]",
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "roman": "en kol khadásh tákhat hashámesh",
          "word": "אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bet shémesh",
          "word": "בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dud shémesh",
          "word": "דּוּד שֶׁמֶשׁ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ma'arékhet hashémesh",
          "word": "מַעֲרֶכֶת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "áyit shémesh",
          "word": "עיט שמש"
        },
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          "roman": "shimshí",
          "word": "שִׁמְשִׁי"
        },
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          "roman": "sh'ón shémesh",
          "word": "שְׁעוֹן שֶׁמֶשׁ"
        },
        {
          "english": "sunglasses",
          "roman": "mishk'fé shémesh",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
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          "word": "מִשְׁקְפֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ"
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            [
              0,
              7
            ],
            [
              26,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              18
            ],
            [
              25,
              35
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          "english": "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Ecclesiastes [[s:he:T3101#א_ה|1:5]], with translation of jps:",
          "roman": "v'zarákh hashémesh uva hashámesh v'el m'komó sho'éf zoréakh hu sham",
          "text": "וְזָרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וּבָא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְאֶל־מְקוֹמוֹ שׁוֹאֵף זוֹרֵחַ הוּא שָׁם׃",
          "type": "quote"
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            [
              27,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "and R. Isaac said: Sabbath sun is charity for the poor.",
          "ref": "a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Ta'anit, 8b:",
          "roman": "v'amár rabí yitskhák: shémesh b'shabát — ts'daká la'aniyím",
          "text": "וְאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: שֶׁמֶשׁ בְּשַׁבָּת — צְדָקָה לַעֲנִיִּים",
          "type": "quote"
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          "word": "חַמָּה"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃamʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛmɛʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃɛːmɛʃ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃemeʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שמש"
}

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          "expansion": "→ English: shamash",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: shamash"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "שמשׂ",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shalíakh tsibúr",
      "word": "שליח ציבור"
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        "shamash (the candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah)"
      ],
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          "candle",
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          "Hanukkah",
          "Hanukkah"
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          "menorah",
          "menorah"
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        "(Judaism) shamash (the candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah)"
      ],
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        "Judaism"
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          "_dis": "5 30 6 35 23",
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        "waiter"
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        "(Mishna) waiter"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "מלצר"
        }
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}

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        }
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}
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      "roman": "en kol khadásh tákhat hashámesh",
      "word": "אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bet shémesh",
      "word": "בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dud shémesh",
      "word": "דּוּד שֶׁמֶשׁ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ma'arékhet hashémesh",
      "word": "מַעֲרֶכֶת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "áyit shémesh",
      "word": "עיט שמש"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shimshí",
      "word": "שִׁמְשִׁי"
    },
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      "roman": "sh'ón shémesh",
      "word": "שְׁעוֹן שֶׁמֶשׁ"
    },
    {
      "english": "sunglasses",
      "roman": "mishk'fé shémesh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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      "form": "שֶׁמֶשׁ",
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        "canonical"
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      "form": "shémesh",
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        "romanization"
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      "form": "שְׁמָשׁוֹת",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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      "form": "form שָׁמֶש",
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        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "pausal"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "he-decl",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "שֶׁמֶשׁ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְשִׁי",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְשֵׁנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְשְׁךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְשֵׁךְ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְשְׁכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְשְׁכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שֶׁמֶשׁ־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְשׁוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְשָׁהּ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְשָׁם",
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        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "שַׁמְשָׁן",
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        "third-person"
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        "tr": "shémesh",
        "wv": "שֶׁמֶשׁ"
      },
      "expansion": "שֶׁמֶשׁ • (shémesh) f (plural indefinite שְׁמָשׁוֹת, Biblical Hebrew pausal form שָׁמֶש) [pattern: קֶטֶל]",
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  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
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              0,
              7
            ],
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              26,
              33
            ]
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              18
            ],
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              25,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Ecclesiastes [[s:he:T3101#א_ה|1:5]], with translation of jps:",
          "roman": "v'zarákh hashémesh uva hashámesh v'el m'komó sho'éf zoréakh hu sham",
          "text": "וְזָרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וּבָא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְאֶל־מְקוֹמוֹ שׁוֹאֵף זוֹרֵחַ הוּא שָׁם׃",
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              27,
              30
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              24,
              31
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          "english": "and R. Isaac said: Sabbath sun is charity for the poor.",
          "ref": "a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Ta'anit, 8b:",
          "roman": "v'amár rabí yitskhák: shémesh b'shabát — ts'daká la'aniyím",
          "text": "וְאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: שֶׁמֶשׁ בְּשַׁבָּת — צְדָקָה לַעֲנִיִּים",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "sun"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "sun",
          "sun#English:_Q525"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "חַמָּה"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ʃamʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛmɛʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃɛːmɛʃ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃemeʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
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    }
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  "word": "שמש"
}

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          "name": "desc"
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    },
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        }
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  "lang_code": "he",
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      "roman": "shalíakh tsibúr",
      "word": "שליח ציבור"
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    {
      "roman": "gabái",
      "word": "גבאי"
    }
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        "public servant"
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          "servant"
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      "categories": [
        "he:Judaism"
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        "sexton, beadle"
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          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
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          "sexton",
          "sexton"
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          "beadle",
          "beadle"
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        "(Judaism) sexton, beadle"
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        "Judaism"
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      "categories": [
        "he:Judaism"
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        "shamash (the candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah)"
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          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
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          "shamash",
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        [
          "candle",
          "candle"
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          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "Hanukkah",
          "Hanukkah"
        ],
        [
          "menorah",
          "menorah"
        ],
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          "hanukkiah",
          "hanukkiah"
        ]
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        "(Judaism) shamash (the candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "waiter"
      ],
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          "waiter",
          "waiter"
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        "(Mishna) waiter"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "מלצר"
        }
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    }
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}

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        "defective spelling of שימש."
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        "alt-of",
        "construction-pi'el",
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  "word": "שמש"
}

Download raw JSONL data for שמש meaning in Hebrew (9.0kB)

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