שש

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Canaanite *šiš, from Proto-Northwest Semitic *šiṯṯu, from Proto-Semitic *šidṯum. Compare Phoenician 𐤔𐤔 (šš) and Arabic سِتّ (sitt).

Pronunciation

Numeral

שֵׁשׁ • (shésh) f (masculine שִׁשָּׁה (shishá))

  1. feminine of שִׁשָּׁה (shishá, “six”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Egyptian šs (“linen”).[1]

Noun

שֵׁשׁ • (shésh) m

  1. fine linen, byssus
    Synonym: בּוּץ (búts)

Etymology 3

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Root
שׂ־י־שׂ (ś-y-ś)

Verb

שָׂשׂ • (sás) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לָשִׂישׂ, future יָשִׂישׂ, imperative שִׂישׂ)

  1. to rejoice, be happy
    Synonym: שָׂמַח (samákh)
Conjugation
Conjugation of שָׂשׂ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לָשִׂישׂ
  • action noun: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שַׂשְׂתִּישַׂשְׂנוּ
second שַׂשְׂתָּשַׂשְׂתְּשַׂשְׂתֶּםשַׂשְׂתֶּן
third שָׂשׂשָׂשָׂהשָׂשׂוּ
present שָׂשׂשָׂשָׂהשָׂשִׂיםשָׂשׂוֹת
future first אָשִׂישׂנָשִׂישׂ
second תָּשִׂישׂתָּשִׂישִׂיתָּשִׂישׂוּתָּשֵׂשְׂנָה1
third יָשִׂישׂתָּשִׂישׂיָשִׂישׂוּתָּשֵׂשְׂנָה1
imperative שִׂישׂשִׂישִׂישִׂישׂוּשֵׂשְׂנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
Derived terms

References
  1. Hoffmeier, James K. (2023) “Further Reflections on Egyptian Influences on the Early Hebrews—Priestly Matters”, in Linguistic and Philological Studies of the Hebrew Bible and its Manuscripts in Honor of Gary A. Rendsburg (Studia Semitica Neerlandica; 75)‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186
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