שֶׁמֶשׁ

šemeš
Hebrew · noun
variant שָׁמֶשׁ : šāmeš
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-09-24
Meanings
Literal translation
Sun
Categories
luminary
planet
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1. Sun

1.a 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.’

— Ecclesiastes 1,5

Genre: religious text

Cite this entry
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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2275,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {שֶׁמֶשׁ ({Lemma} #2275)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2275/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2275/},
}