"שמש" meaning in Hebrew

See שמש in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃemeʃ/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], [ˈʃɛːmɛʃ] [Tiberian-Hebrew] Forms: שֶׁמֶשׁ [canonical], shémesh [romanization], שְׁמָשׁוֹת [indefinite, plural], form שָׁמֶשׁ [Biblical-Hebrew, pausal]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *śamš-. Etymology templates: {{inh|he|sem-pro|*śamš-}} Proto-Semitic *śamš- Head templates: {{he-noun|g=f|pat=קֶטֶל|pausalwv=שָׁמֶשׁ|pl=שְׁמָשׁוֹת|tr=shémesh|wv=שֶׁמֶשׁ}} שֶׁמֶשׁ • (shémesh) f (plural indefinite שְׁמָשׁוֹת, Biblical Hebrew pausal form שָׁמֶשׁ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
  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: Root שׁ־מ־שׁ (sh-m-sh) Etymology templates: {{HE root|שׁמשׁ}} Root שׁ־מ־שׁ (sh-m-sh) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|pat=קַטָּל|tr=shamásh|wv=שַׁמָּשׁ}} שַׁמָּשׁ • (shamásh) m [pattern: קַטָּל]
  1. public servant Categories (topical): Light sources
    Sense id: en-שמש-he-noun-u8EIlqZQ Disambiguation of Light sources: 6 29 6 28 16 14 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־מ־שׁ, Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 1 29 6 20 11 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 24 3 27 22 17 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־מ־שׁ: 52 13 15 20 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל: 53 13 15 20
  2. (Judaism) sexton Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism
    Sense id: en-שמש-he-noun-TLMXc-lN
  3. (Judaism) shamash (the candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah) Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism, Light sources
    Sense id: en-שמש-he-noun-NyszmLpa Disambiguation of Light sources: 6 29 6 28 16 14 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 1 29 6 20 11 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 24 3 27 22 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 22 3 33 20 15
  4. (Mishna) waiter Categories (topical): Light sources Synonyms (waiter): מלצר (meltsár)
    Sense id: en-שמש-he-noun-m-t8C9kT Disambiguation of Light sources: 6 29 6 28 16 14 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 1 29 6 20 11 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 24 3 27 22 17 Disambiguation of 'waiter': 26 8 2 64
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 Categories (topical): Light sources
    Sense id: en-שמש-he-verb-p2KZtOH5 Disambiguation of Light sources: 6 29 6 28 16 14 Categories (other): Hebrew defective spellings, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 1 29 6 20 11 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 24 3 27 22 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "שֶׁמֶשׁ",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "shémesh",
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      "name": "he-noun"
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  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
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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"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sh'ón shémesh",
          "word": "שְׁעוֹן שֶׁמֶשׁ"
        },
        {
          "english": "sunglasses",
          "roman": "mishk'fé shémesh",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "מִשְׁקְפֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "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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        "sun"
      ],
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          "sun",
          "sun#English:_Q525"
        ]
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          "word": "חַמָּה"
        }
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      "ipa": "[ˈʃɛːmɛʃ]",
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        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שמש"
}

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          "expansion": "→ English: shamash",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "→ English: shamash"
    },
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        }
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
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          "candle",
          "candle"
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          "light",
          "light"
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        [
          "Hanukkah",
          "Hanukkah"
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          "menorah",
          "menorah"
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      "id": "en-שמש-he-noun-m-t8C9kT",
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          "Mishna",
          "Mishna"
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          "waiter"
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        "(Mishna) waiter"
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          "_dis1": "26 8 2 64",
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          "sense": "waiter",
          "word": "מלצר"
        }
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}

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        }
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            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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    "Hebrew nouns",
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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"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sh'ón shémesh",
      "word": "שְׁעוֹן שֶׁמֶשׁ"
    },
    {
      "english": "sunglasses",
      "roman": "mishk'fé shémesh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "מִשְׁקְפֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*śamš-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *śamš-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *śamš-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שֶׁמֶשׁ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shémesh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁמָשׁוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "form שָׁמֶשׁ",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "pausal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "pat": "קֶטֶל",
        "pausalwv": "שָׁמֶשׁ",
        "pl": "שְׁמָשׁוֹת",
        "tr": "shémesh",
        "wv": "שֶׁמֶשׁ"
      },
      "expansion": "שֶׁמֶשׁ • (shémesh) f (plural indefinite שְׁמָשׁוֹת, Biblical Hebrew pausal form שָׁמֶשׁ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sun",
          "sun#English:_Q525"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "חַמָּה"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃemeʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃɛːmɛʃ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שמש"
}

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    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew palindromes",
    "Hebrew pi'el verbs",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־מ־שׁ",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל",
    "Hebrew verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "he:Light sources"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "shamash",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: shamash",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: shamash"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "שמשׂ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "shames"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: שמשׂ (shames)\n→ Dutch: sjammes\n→ English: shammes",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: שמשׂ (shames)\n→ Dutch: sjammes\n→ English: shammes"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "שׁמשׁ"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n שׁ־מ־שׁ (sh-m-sh)",
      "name": "HE root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n שׁ־מ־שׁ (sh-m-sh)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שַׁמָּשׁ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shamásh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קַטָּל",
        "tr": "shamásh",
        "wv": "שַׁמָּשׁ"
      },
      "expansion": "שַׁמָּשׁ • (shamásh) m [pattern: קַטָּל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "shalíakh tsibúr",
      "word": "שליח ציבור"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gabái",
      "word": "גבאי"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "public servant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "he:Judaism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sexton"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ],
        [
          "sexton",
          "sexton"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Judaism) sexton"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "he:Judaism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shamash (the candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ],
        [
          "shamash",
          "shamash#English:_Q109823561"
        ],
        [
          "candle",
          "candle"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "Hanukkah",
          "Hanukkah"
        ],
        [
          "menorah",
          "menorah"
        ],
        [
          "hanukkiah",
          "hanukkiah"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Judaism) shamash (the candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "waiter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mishna",
          "Mishna"
        ],
        [
          "waiter",
          "waiter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mishna) waiter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "meltsár",
      "sense": "waiter",
      "word": "מלצר"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שמש"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew palindromes",
    "Hebrew pi'el verbs",
    "Hebrew verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "he:Light sources"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
      "name": "nonlemma"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שִׁמֵּשׁ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shimésh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "tr": "shimésh",
        "wv": "שִׁמֵּשׁ"
      },
      "expansion": "שִׁמֵּשׁ • (shimésh) (pi'el construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "שימש"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew defective spellings",
        "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "defective spelling of שימש."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "שימש",
          "שימש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "construction-pi'el",
        "misspelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שמש"
}

Download raw JSONL data for שמש meaning in Hebrew (6.8kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Mishna",
  "path": [
    "שמש"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "שמש",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Mishna",
  "path": [
    "שמש"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "שמש",
  "trace": ""
}

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