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שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ133 noun feminine Judg 19:14 and masculine Gen 19:23 (AlbrZAW xv (1895), 324) sun; — absolute ׳ שׁ Josh 10:12 +, שָׁ֑מֶשׁ Judg 20:43 +; suffix שִׁמְשֵׁךְ Isa 60:20, שִׁמְשָׁךְ Jer 15:9 plural suffix שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֫יִךְ Isa 54:12 —
1.
sun,
Gen 37:9 (
E
; + moon, stars); marking time: as rising (verb זָרַת q. v.) Exod 22:2 (
E
) + 8 t. +
Mal 3:20 (figurative צְדָקָה
׳
שׁ, of reward of the faithful, with wings, i.e. rays ? Now
GASm; or winged sun-disc [compare We
] ?); verb יְצָא
Gen 19:23 (
J
), Isa
13:10; Judg
5:31 (simile of splendour; see יְצָא
1.f.); setting (verb בּוֺא) Gen 15:17 (
J
),
Amos 8:9 + 19 t., + לָבוֺא
׳
וַיְהִי הַשּׁ
Gen 15:12
(
J
E
), יְדַע מְבוֺאוֺ
׳
שׁ
Ps
104:19 (see
בּוֺא
1.i., מָבוֺא
2); as giving daylight Isa 60:9 hot 1Sam 11:9; Neh 7:3
; Exod 16:21
(
P
), compare
Isa 49:10; Jonah
4:8; Ps
121:6 as
ripening crops Deut
33:14 (poem), compare (figurative) Job 8:16,
tanning the face Song 1:6
standing still at Joshua's word Josh 10:12.13
a (poem in
J
; || יָרֵחַ), Josh 10:13 b (
J
), compare Hab
3:11 (+ יָרֵךְַ); casting shadow (on
dial), ׳
יָָֽרְדָה בְמַעֲלוֺת אָחָז בַּשּׁ
Isa
38:8, ׳
וַתָּשָׁב הַשּׁ Isa 38:8 set in sky by ׳
י
Jer 31:25; Ps
19:5; Ps
74:16; Ps
136:8, enduring
Ps
72:5; Ps
72:17 (compare עִם
1.g.; [פָּנֶה]
11
4
a (e), p. 817), also Ps 89:37 personified, called to praise ׳
י
Ps 148:3 (+
יָרֵךְַ); to be darkened by ׳
י's judgment, Ezek 32:7; Joel 2:10; Joel 3:4; Joel 4:15 (compare Amos 8:9 above, Mic 3:6).
2.
of direction:
׳
מִמִּוְרַח הַשּׁ
Num 21:11 (
E
) toward sun-rise, = East, compare Deut 4:41; Deut 4:47 + 16 t. (see מִוְרָךְ p. 280);
׳
מְבוֺא הַשּׁ
Deut 11:30 + 3
t. (see
מָבוֺא
2, p. 99).
3. object of worship (usually + moon, stars, etc.) 2Kgs 23:5; Jer 8:2; Ezek 8:16; Deut 4:19 horses given to ׳
שׁ
2Kgs 23:11,
׳
מַרְכְּבוֺת השּׁ 2Kgs 23:11. — See also ׳
בֵּית שׁ p. 112:b.
4. other phrases:
a.
׳
נֶגֶד חַשּׁ, i.e. openly, publicly, 2Sam 12:12; Num 25:4 (
P
), so ׳
לְעֵינֵי חַשּׁ
2Sam 12:11
.
b. figurative of living, ׳
חָזָה שׁ
Ps 58:9,
׳
רָאָה שׁ
Exod 6:5; Exod 7:11; Exod 11:7,
opposed
to ׳
תֶּחְשַׁךְ הַשׁ
Exod 12:2.
c.
׳
תַּחַת הַשּׁ, i. e. on the earth, Eccl 1:3 + 28 t. Ecclesiastes (compare Greek ὐφ’ ἠλίῳ,
KueOnd. iii. 196; Ein1. iii. 192).
5.
pinnacle, as glittering, shining, plural Isa 54:12
thy pinnacles, battlements (of Zion), so perhaps singular אֱםהִים
׳
וּמָנֵן י
׳
שׁ
Ps 84:12
battlement and shield is
׳
א
׳
י (Gr
Bae
Du
Buhl; most sun, and so Thes
De
Che
SS; Hup-Now hesitates).