〈d.UTU〉 Šamaš ‘Sun’
〈Σαώς〉 Saōs ‘Sun’
〈Ἀβέλιος〉 Abelios ‘Sun’
〈—〉 pꜣ-rꜥ ‘Sun’
〈Ἥλιος〉 Hēlios ‘Sun’
〈sol〉 ‘sun’
〈phoebus〉 ‘Sun’
שֶׁמֶשׁ
šemeš
Hebrew noun
Last edited: 2024-09-24| Primary meaning | Sun |
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| Literal translation | Sun |
| Variants | שֶׁמֶשׁ šemeš שָׁמֶשׁ šāmeš in pausa |
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Sun luminary, planet
וְזָרַ֥ח הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וּבָ֣א הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ וְאֶ֨ל־מְקוֹמ֔וֹ שׁוֹאֵ֛ף זוֹרֵ֥חַֽ ה֖וּא שָֽׁם׃
Wəzāraḥ haššemeš ûb̲āʾ haššāmeš wəʾel-məqômô šôʾēp̲ zôrēaḥ hûʾ šām.
‘Also, the Sun hath risen, and the Sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). שֶׁמֶשׁ (Lemma #2275). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2275/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). שֶׁמֶשׁ (Lemma #2275). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2275/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). שֶׁמֶשׁ (Lemma #2275). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2275/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) שֶׁמֶשׁ (Lemma #2275), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2275/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2275,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {שֶׁמֶשׁ ({Lemma} #2275)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2275/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2275/},
}