שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ133 H8121
sun (celestial body); battlements, pinnacles
2. battlements, pinnacles — Architectural features atop walls or gates, likely sun-shaped shields or ornamental projections; a rare plural usage (Isaiah 54:12) sometimes treated as a distinct lexeme (shimshot). 1×
AR["نَوَافِذَكِ"]·ben["তোমার-সূর্যকিরণগুলি"]·DE["Sonne"]·EN["your-battlements"]·FR["soleil"]·heb["שמשותיך"]·HI["तेरी-खिड़कियोंको"]·ID["jendelamu"]·IT["sole"]·jav["payon-payonipun"]·KO["네-창들을"]·PT["tuas-ameia"]·RU["башни-твои"]·ES["tus-almenas"]·SW["madirisha-yako"]·TR["pencerelerinni"]·urd["تیرے-کنگرے"]
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Senses
1. sun (celestial body) — The sun as the primary luminary in the sky; used literally for the physical sun, in temporal expressions (sunrise, sunset), and figuratively for glory, exposure, or the passage of time. 133×
AR["الشَّمسُ","الشَّمسِ","الشَّمْسَ","الشَّمْسُ","الشَّمْسِ"]·ben["-সূর্য","সূর্য","সূর্যের","সূর্যের।","সেই-সূর্যের"]·DE["der-Sonne","die-Sonne"]·EN["the-sun"]·FR["le-soleil"]·heb["ה-שמש"]·HI["-सूर्य","सुरज","सूरज","सूरज-के","सूर्य","सूर्य-के","सूर्योदय-के"]·ID["matahari","matahari-itu"]·IT["il-sole"]·jav["srengenge","srengengé","srengéngé"]·KO["그-태양과","그-해","그-해가","그-해의","해가","해와"]·PT["O-sol","o-sol","o-sol."]·RU["-солнца","-солнце","Солнце","солнца","солнце"]·ES["El-sol","el-sol"]·SW["jua","jua-hilo","lilirudi","mwa-jua"]·TR["-Güneş","-güneş","-güneşin","güneş","güneşin"]·urd["-سورج","آفتاب-کے","سورج","سورج-کے"]
Gen 15:12, Gen 15:17, Gen 19:23, Gen 28:11, Gen 32:31, Gen 37:9, Exod 16:21, Exod 17:12, Exod 22:3, Exod 22:26, Lev 22:7, Num 21:11 (+38 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ133 n.f. Ju 19, 14 et m. Gn 19, 23 (Albr ZAW xv (1895), 324) sun;—abs. שׁ׳ Jos 10:12 +, שָׁ֑מֶשׁ Ju 20:43 +; sf. שִׁמְשֵׁךְ Is 60:20, שִׁמְשָׁהּ Je 15:9; pl. sf. שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֫יִךְ Is 54:12;— 1. sun, Gn 37:9 (E; + moon, stars); marking time: as rising (vb. זָרַח q.v.) Ex 22:2 (E) + 8 times + Mal 3:20 (fig. שׁ׳ צְדָקָה, of reward of the faithful, with wings, i.e. rays? Now GASm; or winged…