Shemesh (שמש) means sun in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
sun
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Shemesh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1המאור הגדול; הגוף המאיר פני הארץ בשעות היום.
...וַיֹּאמֶר לְעֵינֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁמֶשׁ בְּגִבְעוֹן דּוֹם, וְיָרֵחַ בְּעֵמֶק אַיָּלוֹן.
- 2בהשאלה(בלשון נסתר, שְמָשׁוֹת) כוכב שבת המהוה מקור אור וחיות למערכת קבוּצהּ של כוכבי לכת, הדבקים בו וקשורים אליו מפאת מסתו, ושכינתם בקרבו.
- 3בהשאלהמִדָּה של עוצם תְּאוּרָה. (בין גופים מסיביים שמימיים בדרך כלל)
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shemesh is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שֶׁמֶשׁ
- Written without vowel points
- שמש
- Said
- shemesh
- Root
- ש־מ־ש
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- שְׁמָשׁוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' שְׁמָשׁוֹת; שֶׁמֶשׁ־, ר' שִׁמְשׁוֹת־; כ' שִׁמְשִׁי
- Gematria
- 640
This is how Shemesh is said in other languages.
- English
- sun
- Arabic
- شمس
- Russian
- солнце
- French
- soleil
- Spanish
- sol
- German
- Sonne
- Yiddish
- זון
These words mean nearly the same as Shemesh.
- המאור הגדול
- חמה
- חרס
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Shemesh.
The word Shemesh is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אין חדש תחת השמש
- אות שמש
- בין השמשות
- ברור כשמש
- דוד שמש
- זכויות שמש
- כתם שמש
- מערכת השמש
- מכת שמש
- משקפי שמש
- עיט שמש
- שמש העמים
- שמש שקרנית
- שעון שמש
- שקעה שמשו
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Shemesh comes from the root ש־מ־ש, like these words.
These words come before and after Shemesh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shemesh.
What does Shemesh (שמש) mean in Hebrew?
Shemesh (שמש) means sun. It is said shemesh, with the stress on she.
What is a synonym for Shemesh (שמש)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Shemesh (שמש) are המאור הגדול, חמה, and חרס.
What rhymes with Shemesh (שמש)?
Words that rhyme with Shemesh (שמש) include אמש and נמש.
Is Shemesh (שמש) masculine or feminine?
The word Shemesh (שמש) is a feminine noun, and its plural is שְׁמָשׁוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שמש of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.