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The sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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noun
A sexton in a synagogue.
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noun
the chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Semitic deity
History
From Akkadian Šamaš, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *śamš-. Compare shin.
From Hebrew שַׁמָּשׁ (shamásh, “waiter, sexton”). Doublet of shammes, via Yiddish.
Across languages
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