shamash

/SH EY1 M AH0 SH/

noun

1
The sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu.
2
(Judaism) The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah.
3
A sexton in a synagogue.

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