The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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שְׁמֶשׁ שִׁמְשָׁא‏ n.m./f. sun

the Sun Com. Dan6:15 : עַד מֶעָלֵי שִׁמְשָׁא‏ until sunset. as a divinity OA^Zenj, OA, OfA^Eg-informal, OfA^Eg, Palmyrene, Hatran, ParthianMidAr, Man. in geographical names JLAtg, Syr, LJLA. TgJ Jos19:41 : קִריַת שָמַש/בית שמש/עיר שמש‏ . TgIIChron 25:23 : בית שמש‏ . ביני שימשתא‏ : twilight [< BH] LJLA. PJ Ex2:21 : ואיסתכי ית חוטרא דאיתבריאת ביני שימשתא‏ he noticed the staff that was created "between the sunsets" [i.e., as one of the last things created just before the first Sabbath; see Pirkei Avot 5].

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 558b; DJBA: 1136a; Jastrow: 1602; Levy Ch-W: 2:497; Tal Sam: 914; DNWSI: 1168; Cook,Qumran: 239;

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