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Shamash in a sentence
Shamash meaning
The sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu.
Synonyms of Shamash
Using Shamash
- The main meaning on this page is: The sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu.
- Useful related words include: semitic deity.
- In the example corpus, shamash often appears in combinations such as: the shamash.
Context around Shamash
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shamash
- In this selection, "shamash" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, god, vanquished, service, shum, received and first stand out and add context to how "shamash" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allies vanquished shamash shum ukim and as the shamash servant light. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shamash" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shamash
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Every night on Hanukkah, the shamash is the first candle on the menorah that’s lit. (16 words)
Some, especially Ashkenazim, light the shamash candle first and then use it to light the others. (16 words)
It is Sephardic custom not to light the shamash first and use it to light the rest. (17 words)
Shamash-shum-ukin (668–648 BC) had become infused with Babylonian nationalism after sixteen years peacefully subject to his brother, and despite being Assyrian himself, declared that the city of Babylon and not Nineveh should be the seat of empire. (40 words)
In solidarity with King Hammurabi and the Babylonian sun god Shamash, I have strategically chosen to delay my own 2024 resolutions till our southern hemisphere equivalent, the autumn equinox, kicks in. (31 words)
The Hanukkah menorah therefore has eight main branches, plus the middle ninth lamp set apart as the shamash (servant) light which is used to kindle the other lights. (28 words)
Example sentences (9)
In solidarity with King Hammurabi and the Babylonian sun god Shamash, I have strategically chosen to delay my own 2024 resolutions till our southern hemisphere equivalent, the autumn equinox, kicks in.
Every night on Hanukkah, the shamash is the first candle on the menorah that’s lit.
Shamash received semichah with four others at that year’s Ohalah conference in Boulder, Colo., from a large number of rabbis, 10 of whom signed her certificate.
After a bitter struggle Babylon was sacked and its allies vanquished, Shamash-shum-ukim being killed in the process.
It is Sephardic custom not to light the shamash first and use it to light the rest.
Seen here with eight candles lit (the ninth candle is the service, Shamash, Hebrew: שמש), used during the Jewish Hanukkah holiday, 2014, United Kingdom.
Shamash-shum-ukin (668–648 BC) had become infused with Babylonian nationalism after sixteen years peacefully subject to his brother, and despite being Assyrian himself, declared that the city of Babylon and not Nineveh should be the seat of empire.
Some, especially Ashkenazim, light the shamash candle first and then use it to light the others.
The Hanukkah menorah therefore has eight main branches, plus the middle ninth lamp set apart as the shamash (servant) light which is used to kindle the other lights.
Common combinations with shamash
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: