English Explanatory Dictionary

Shamash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu.
noun
  1. The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah.
  2. A sexton in a synagogue.

Pronunciation

/ʃəˈmæʃ/ /ʃəˈmɑʃ/ /ʃɑˈmɑʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shamash.wav

Word forms

Shamash Šamaš shamashim shamashes shames shamos shammes shammos

Etymology

From Akkadian Šamaš, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *śamš-. Compare shin.

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