Shamash Definition

shäməs, -məsh
noun
The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah.
American Heritage
A person who assists in the running of a synagogue or its religious services, especially the reading of the Torah.
American Heritage
The sun god, responsible for summer warmth and the success of crops, and a symbol for justice.
Webster's New World
pronoun

The common Akkadian name of the sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu.

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Origin of Shamash

  • Hebrew šammāš from Aramaic servant, minister probably from Egyptian šmsw servant from šms to follow, serve

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Akkadian 𒀭𒌓 (dÅ amaÅ¡). Compare shin, from the same Proto-Semitic root.

    From Wiktionary

  • Akkadian Šamaš absolute form of šamšu sun šmš in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hebrew שַׁמָּשׁ (shamásh, “waiter, sexton").

    From Wiktionary

Shamash Sentence Examples

  • Together with Sin and Ishtar, Shamash forms a second triad by the side of Anu, Bel and Ea.

  • The chief god of the Palmyrenes was a solar deity, called Samas or Shamash (" sun "), or Bel, or Malak-bel,' whose great temple is still the most imposing feature among the ruins of Palmyra.

  • The sun-god Shamash calls upon Eabani to remain with Gilgamesh, who pays him all honours in his palace at Erech.

  • In the 3rd tablet, very imperfectly preserved, Gilgamesh appeals through a Shamash priestess Rimat-Belit to the sun-god Shamash for his aid in the proposed undertaking.

  • It is significant in this connexion that there were two cities named Sippar, one under the protection of Shamash, the sun-god, and one under this Anunit, a fact which points strongly tothe probable proximity of Sippar and Agade.

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