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Habakkuk 3:11
“The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שֶׁמֶשׁshemesh · sheh'-mesh
H8121 · Hebrew
H8121 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to be brilliant;
- KJV renderings
- [phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also H1053 (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ).
- Grammar
- שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 134 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 15:12Genesis 15:17Genesis 19:23Genesis 28:11Genesis 32:32
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שֶׁמֶשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.