Sun
SHEH-mesh
About “Sun” in Hebrew
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Gematria of “Sun” (שמש)
In Hebrew numerology (gematria), each letter has a numerical value. The word שמש (SHEH-mesh) has a gematria value of 640.
“Sun” in the Bible
Verses from the Torah and Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) mentioning “sun”.
והיה ביום ההוא נאם אדני יהוה והבאתי השמש בצהרים והחשכתי לארץ ביום אור
And in that day —declares the Sovereign GOD — I will make the sun set at noon, I will darken the earth on a sunny day.
אדין מלכא כדי מלתא שמע שגיא באש עלוהי ועל דניאל שם בל לשיזבותה ועד מעלי שמשא הוא משתדר להצלותה
Upon hearing that, the king was very disturbed, and he set his heart upon saving Daniel, and until the sun set made every effort to rescue him.
ופן תשא עיניך השמימה וראית את השמש ואת הירח ואת הכוכבים כל צבא השמים ונדחת והשתחוית להם ועבדתם אשר חלק יהוה אלהיך אתם לכל העמים תחת כל השמים
And when you look up to the sky and behold the sun and the moon and the stars, the whole heavenly host, you must not be lured into bowing down to them or serving them. These the ETERNAL your God allotted to other peoples everywhere under heaven—
English translation: THE JPS TANAKH, Revised Edition (2023) © Jewish Publication Society, via Sefaria. CC BY-NC 4.0
This word starts with the Hebrew letter shin.
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