"שימש" meaning in Hebrew

See שימש in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʃiˈmeʃ/ [Modern-Israeli]
Head templates: {{he-verb|pi|dwv=שִׁמֵּשׁ|sort=שמש|tr=shimésh}} שימש / שִׁמֵּשׁ • (shimésh) (pi'el construction) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pi|שׁמשׁ}} Forms: שִׁמֵּשׁ [canonical], shimésh [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], לְשַׁמֵּשׁ [error-unrecognized-form], שימוש [noun-from-verb], שִׁמּוּשׁ [noun-from-verb], שימשתי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], שִׁמַּשְׁתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], שימשנו [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], שִׁמַּשְׁנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], שימשת [masculine, past, second-person, singular], שִׁמַּשְׁתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], שימשת [feminine, past, second-person, singular], שִׁמַּשְׁתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], שימשתם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], שִׁמַּשְׁתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], שימשתן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], שִׁמַּשְׁתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], שימש [masculine, past, singular, third-person], שִׁמֵּשׁ [masculine, past, singular, third-person], שימשה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], שִׁמְּשָׁה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], שימשו [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], שִׁמְּשׁוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], מְשַׁמֵּשׁ [masculine, present, singular], מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת [feminine, present, singular], מְשַׁמְּשִׁים [masculine, plural, present], מְשַׁמְּשׁוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אֲשַׁמֵּשׁ [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נְשַׁמֵּשׁ [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תְּשַׁמְּשִׁי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תְּשַׁמְּשׁוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תְּשַׁמֵּשְׁנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יְשַׁמֵּשׁ [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יְשַׁמְּשׁוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תְּשַׁמֵּשְׁנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], שַׁמֵּשׁ [imperative, masculine, singular], שַׁמְּשִׁי [feminine, imperative, singular], שַׁמְּשׁוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], שַׁמֵּשְׁנָה [feminine, imperative, plural], אַל + Second person future tense [imperative, negative]
  1. to serve, be used Tags: construction-pi'el Related terms: הִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ (hishtamésh), שימוש (shimúsh), שִׁמּוּשׁ (shimúsh)

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שִׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שִׁמֵּשׁ",
          "שמש"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shimésh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "לְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "לשמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימוש",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמּוּשׁ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשתי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמַּשְׁתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשנו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמַּשְׁנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמַּשְׁתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמַּשְׁתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשתם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמַּשְׁתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשתן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמַּשְׁתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימש",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמֵּשׁ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמְּשָׁה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמְּשׁוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "משמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת",
      "links": [
        [
          "מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת",
          "משמשת#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְשַׁמְּשִׁים",
      "links": [
        [
          "מְשַׁמְּשִׁים",
          "משמשים#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְשַׁמְּשׁוֹת",
      "links": [
        [
          "מְשַׁמְּשׁוֹת",
          "משמשות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "אֲשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "אשמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "נְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "נשמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "תשמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּשַׁמְּשִׁי",
      "links": [
        [
          "תְּשַׁמְּשִׁי",
          "תשמשי#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּשַׁמְּשׁוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "תְּשַׁמְּשׁוּ",
          "תשמשו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּשַׁמֵּשְׁנָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "תְּשַׁמֵּשְׁנָה",
          "תשמשנה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "יְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "ישמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "תשמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְשַׁמְּשׁוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "יְשַׁמְּשׁוּ",
          "ישמשו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּשַׁמֵּשְׁנָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "תְּשַׁמֵּשְׁנָה",
          "תשמשנה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "שמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְּשִׁי",
      "links": [
        [
          "שַׁמְּשִׁי",
          "שמשי#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְּשׁוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שַׁמְּשׁוּ",
          "שמשו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמֵּשְׁנָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "שַׁמֵּשְׁנָה",
          "שמשנה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אַל + Second person future tense",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "dwv": "שִׁמֵּשׁ",
        "sort": "שמש",
        "tr": "shimésh"
      },
      "expansion": "שימש / שִׁמֵּשׁ • (shimésh) (pi'el construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "שׁמשׁ"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־מ־שׁ",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The chickpea was one of the first legumes to be used as human food, […]",
          "ref": "2012 November 22, אורית אופיר, “מרזה ומלא סידן: למה החומוס בריא לכם” (m'razé umalé sidán: láma hakhúmus barí lakhém, “Slimming and full of calcium: why chickpeas are good for you”), in Ynet",
          "text": "חומוס הוא אחת הקטניות הראשונות ששימשו למאכל אדם, […]\nkhúmus hú akhát hakitniyót harishonót sheshim'shú l'ma'akhál-adám, […]",
          "translation": "The chickpea was one of the first legumes to be used as human food, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to serve, be used"
      ],
      "id": "en-שימש-he-verb-N1hElgOr",
      "links": [
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "hishtamésh",
          "word": "הִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shimúsh",
          "word": "שימוש"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shimúsh",
          "word": "שִׁמּוּשׁ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃiˈmeʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שימש"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שִׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שִׁמֵּשׁ",
          "שמש"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shimésh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "לְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "לשמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימוש",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמּוּשׁ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשתי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמַּשְׁתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשנו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמַּשְׁנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמַּשְׁתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמַּשְׁתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשתם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמַּשְׁתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשתן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמַּשְׁתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימש",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמֵּשׁ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמְּשָׁה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שימשו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמְּשׁוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "מְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "משמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת",
      "links": [
        [
          "מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת",
          "משמשת#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְשַׁמְּשִׁים",
      "links": [
        [
          "מְשַׁמְּשִׁים",
          "משמשים#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְשַׁמְּשׁוֹת",
      "links": [
        [
          "מְשַׁמְּשׁוֹת",
          "משמשות#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "אֲשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "אשמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "נְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "נשמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "תשמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּשַׁמְּשִׁי",
      "links": [
        [
          "תְּשַׁמְּשִׁי",
          "תשמשי#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּשַׁמְּשׁוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "תְּשַׁמְּשׁוּ",
          "תשמשו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּשַׁמֵּשְׁנָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "תְּשַׁמֵּשְׁנָה",
          "תשמשנה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "יְשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "ישמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "תשמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְשַׁמְּשׁוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "יְשַׁמְּשׁוּ",
          "ישמשו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּשַׁמֵּשְׁנָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "תְּשַׁמֵּשְׁנָה",
          "תשמשנה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמֵּשׁ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שַׁמֵּשׁ",
          "שמש#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְּשִׁי",
      "links": [
        [
          "שַׁמְּשִׁי",
          "שמשי#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמְּשׁוּ",
      "links": [
        [
          "שַׁמְּשׁוּ",
          "שמשו#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שַׁמֵּשְׁנָה",
      "links": [
        [
          "שַׁמֵּשְׁנָה",
          "שמשנה#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אַל + Second person future tense",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "dwv": "שִׁמֵּשׁ",
        "sort": "שמש",
        "tr": "shimésh"
      },
      "expansion": "שימש / שִׁמֵּשׁ • (shimésh) (pi'el construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "שׁמשׁ"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "hishtamésh",
      "word": "הִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shimúsh",
      "word": "שימוש"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shimúsh",
      "word": "שִׁמּוּשׁ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hebrew lemmas",
        "Hebrew pi'el verbs",
        "Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־מ־שׁ",
        "Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Hebrew verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The chickpea was one of the first legumes to be used as human food, […]",
          "ref": "2012 November 22, אורית אופיר, “מרזה ומלא סידן: למה החומוס בריא לכם” (m'razé umalé sidán: láma hakhúmus barí lakhém, “Slimming and full of calcium: why chickpeas are good for you”), in Ynet",
          "text": "חומוס הוא אחת הקטניות הראשונות ששימשו למאכל אדם, […]\nkhúmus hú akhát hakitniyót harishonót sheshim'shú l'ma'akhál-adám, […]",
          "translation": "The chickpea was one of the first legumes to be used as human food, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to serve, be used"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃiˈmeʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שימש"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
  "path": [
    "שימש"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "שימש",
  "trace": ""
}

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