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A gabbai (Hebrew: גבאי), sometimes spelled gabay, also known as shamash (שמש, sometimes transcribed shamas) or warden (UK, similar to churchwarden), is a beadle or sexton, a person who assists in the running of synagogue services in some way. The role may be undertaken on a voluntary or paid basis.
Shamash (Akkadian: šamaš [a]), also known as Utu (Sumerian: d utu 𒀭𒌓 "Sun" [2]) was the ancient Mesopotamian sun god.He was believed to see everything that happened in the world every day, and was therefore responsible for justice and protection of travelers.
Shamash, solar deity in ancient Semitic religion Shapash (redirect from Shemesh (Canaanite goddess)), was the Canaanite goddess of the sun, daughter of El and Asherah Shemesh (TV series) , Israeli sitcom produced by Teddy Productions and aired on Israeli Channel 2 from 1997 to 2004
Like most other cases of this pantheon, Utu is the original Sumerian deity, and Shamash probably originally a Semitic deity that assimilated the characteristics of Utu and became identified with it. e.g. they have different genealogies (e.g. different fathers). So it is not mere translation of a word, they have distinct origins.
The Sons of God Saw the Daughters of Men That They Were Fair, sculpture by Daniel Chester French, c. 1923. Samyaza (Hebrew: שַׁמְּחֲזַי Šamməḥăzay; Imperial Aramaic: שְׁמִיעָזָא Šəmīʿāzāʾ ; Greek: Σεμιαζά; Arabic: ساميارس, Samyarus [1] [2]), also Shamhazai, Aza or Ouza, is a fallen angel of apocryphal Abrahamic traditions and Manichaeism as ...
Aleinu (Hebrew: עָלֵינוּ , lit. "upon us", meaning "[it is] our duty") or Aleinu leshabei'ach (Hebrew: עָלֵינוּ לְשַׁבֵּחַ "[it is] our duty to praise []"), meaning "it is upon us" or "it is our obligation or duty" to "praise God," is a Jewish prayer found in the siddur, the classical Jewish prayerbook.
In Modern Hebrew, the lamp is generally called a chanukkiyah, a term which originated among Judeo-Spanish speaking Sephardic communities in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 18th century. It was introduced into Modern Hebrew by Hemda Ben-Yehuda , whose husband Eliezer Ben Yehuda was the leading force behind the revival of the Hebrew language in ...
Shahar "Dawn" is a god in Ugaritic and Canaanite religion first mentioned in inscriptions found in Ugarit (now Ras Shamra, Syria). [1]William F. Albright identified Shalim as the god of the dusk and Shahar as the god of the dawn.