shamash
IPA: ʃˈeɪmʌʃ
Root Word: Shamash
noun
- The sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu.
- (Judaism) The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah.
- A sexton in a synagogue.
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