Lexical Definition

‎שְׁמַשׁ‎ shᵉmash (shem-ash') to minister ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to the root of ‎שֶׁמֶשׁ‎ through the idea of activity implied in day-light

minister.

• to serve

1) (Pael) to minister, serve

See Greek: θεραπεύω · λειτουργέω

Extended Information

Aramaic of: שֶׁמֶשׁ

• Aramaic of she.mesh (‎ש‎ֶׁ֫‎מ‎ֶ‎ש‎ׁ "sun" שֶׁמֶשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎שְׁמַשׁ‎] verb Pa`el minister (ᵑ7 Pa`el id., ‎תַּשְׁמִישׁ‎ use; Palmyrene ‎שמש‎, ‎תשמיש‎, SAC¹¹⁴, compare 122 Lzb³⁷⁹; Syriac , ; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic , Pa, Late Hebrew ‎שִׁמֵּשׁ‎, ‎תַּשְׁמִישׁ‎; Egyptian šms, servant, Coptic šemše, compare WMM in Buhl¹⁴); — Imperfect 3 masculine plural suffix ‎יְשַׁמְּשׁוּנֵּתּ‎ Dan 7:10 were ministering to him.

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