שֶׁמֶשׁ

1. sun, 1 Mos 37,9 (E; + moon, stars); marking time: as rising (verb זָרַת q. v.) 2 Mos 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 1 Mos 19,23 (J), Es 13,10; Dom 5,31 (simile of splendour; see יְצָא 1 f); setting (verb בּוֺא) 1 Mos 15,17 (J), Amos 8,9 + 19 t., + לָבוֺא ׳וַיְהִי הַשּׁ 1 Mos 15,12 (JE), יְדַע מְבוֺאוֺ ׳שׁ Sl 104,19 (see בּוֺא 1 i, מָבוֺא 2); as giving daylight Es 60,9 hot 1 Sam 11,9; Neh 7,3; 2 Mos 16,21 (P), compare Es 49,10; Jon 4,8; Sl 121,6 as ripening crops 5 Mos 33,14 (poem), compare (figurative) Job 8,16, tanning the face Hoj 1,6 standing still at Joshua's word Jos 10,12.13 a (poem in J; || יָרֵחַ), vJos 10,13 b (J), compare Hab 3,11 (+ יָרֵךְַ); casting shadow (on dial), ׳יָָֽרְדָה בְמַעֲלוֺת אָחָז בַּשּׁ Es 38,8, ׳וַתָּשָׁב הַשּׁ vEs 38,8 set in sky by ׳י Jer 31,25; Sl 19,5; Sl 74,16; Sl 136,8, enduring Sl 72,5; Sl 72,17 (compare עִם 1 g; [פָּנֶה]

11. 4 a
\ \ \ (e), p. 817), also Sl 89,37 personified, called to praise ׳י Sl 148,3 (+ יָרֵךְַ); to be darkened by ׳י's judgment, Ezk 32,7; Joel 2,10; Joel 3,4; Joel 4,15 (compare Amos 8,9 above, Mik 3,6).

2. of direction: ׳מִמִּוְרַח הַשּׁ 4 Mos 21,11 (E) toward sun-rise, = East, compare 5 Mos 4,41; 5 Mos 4,47 + 16 t. (see מִוְרָךְ p. 280); ׳מְבוֺא הַשּׁ 5 Mos 11,30 + 3 t. (see מָבוֺא 2, p. 99).

3. object of worship (usually + moon, stars, etc.) 2 Kong 23,5; Jer 8,2; Ezk 8,16; 5 Mos 4,19 horses given to ׳שׁ 2 Kong 23,11, ׳מַרְכְּבוֺת השּׁ v2 Kong 23,11. — See also ׳בֵּית שׁ p. 112:b.

4. other phrase:
\ \ a. ׳נֶגֶד חַשּׁ, i.e. openly, publicly, 2 Sam 12,12; 4 Mos 25,4 (P), so ׳לְעֵינֵי חַשּׁ 2 Sam 12,11.
\ \ b. figurative of living, ׳חָזָה שׁ Sl 58,9, ׳רָאָה שׁ 2 Mos 6,5; 2 Mos 7,11; 2 Mos 11,7, opposed to ׳תֶּחְשַׁךְ הַשׁ 2 Mos 12,2.
\ \ c. ׳תַּחַת הַשּׁ, i. e. on the earth, Praed 1,3 + 28 t. Ecclesiastes (compare Greek ὐφ’ ἠλίῳ, Kue^{Ond. iii. 196}; Ein1. iii. 192).

5. pinnacle, as glittering, shining, plural Es 54,12 thy pinnacles, battlements (of Zion), so perhaps singular אֱםהִים ׳וּמָנֵן י ׳שׁ Sl 84,12 battlement and shield is ׳א ׳י (Gr Bae Du Buhl; most sun, and so Thes De Che SS; Hup-Now hesitates).