''Shemesh'' means "

Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared rad ...

" in Hebrew. It may also refer to:

People

Chaim Shavesh The name ''Haim'' can be a first name or surname originating in the Hebrew language, or deriving from the Old German name '' Haimo''. Hebrew etymology Chayyim ( he, חַיִּים ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ), also transcribed ''H ...

, South African born, * Shavesh (unknown ) * Shavesh (), many

Sports clubs

Bet Shemesh Blue Sox The Beit Shemesh Blue Sox ( he, בית שמש בלו סוקס) were an Israeli baseball team from Bet Shemesh. The Blue Sox was one of the inaugural teams in the Israel Baseball League. They had the best regular season record (29-12, .707), and ...

, Israeli baseball team from Bet Shemesh *

Hapoel Beit Shemesh F.C. Hapoel Beit Shemesh Football Club ( Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל בית שמש) was an Israeli football club based at Beit Shemesh. In its prime the club played in the second tier of the Israeli football league system. The club wa ...

, Israeli football club based at Beit Shemesh *

Ironi Beit Shemesh F.C. Ironi Beit Shemesh ( he, עירוני בית שמש) is an Israeli football club based in Beit Shemesh. The club is currently in Liga Bet South B division. History The club was founded after Hapoel Beit Shemesh, which in its prime played in th ...

, Israeli football club based in Beit Shemesh

Locations

Beit Shemesh Beit Shemesh ( he, בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ ) is a city located approximately west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District, with a population of in . History Tel Beit Shemesh The small archaeological tell northeast of the modern city w ...

, Israeli pre-Biblical city *

Beth Shemesh Beth Shemesh (''House of the Sun'') is the name of three distinct biblical places in Israel and one location in Egypt also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: *a city in southwest Judah, remains excavated next to modern Beit Shemesh *a city in northern ...

, name of three distinct biblical places in Israel and one location in Egypt also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible * Givat Shemesh, village and drug rehabilitation centre in central Israel *

Ramat Beit Shemesh Beit Shemesh ( he, בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ ) is a city located approximately west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District, with a population of in . History Tel Beit Shemesh The small archaeological tell northeast of the modern city wa ...

, neighborhood of Beit Shemesh, Israel

Other

* Beit Shemesh Railway Station, Israel Railways station in Beit Shemesh, Israel *

Shamash Utu (dUD " Sun"), also known under the Akkadian name Shamash, ''šmš'', syc, ܫܡܫܐ ''šemša'', he, שֶׁמֶשׁ ''šemeš'', ar, شمس ''šams'', Ashurian Aramaic: 𐣴𐣬𐣴 ''š'meš(ā)'' was the ancient Mesopotamian sun god ...

, solar deity in ancient Semitic religion *

Shapash Shapash ( Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎔𐎌 ''špš'', "sun"), alternatively written as Shapshu or Shapsh, was a Canaanite sun goddess. She also served as the royal messenger of the high god El, her probable father. Her most common epithets in the Ugarit ...

(redirect from Shemesh (Canaanite goddess)), was the Canaanite goddess of the sun, daughter of El and Asherah * Shemesh (TV series), Israeli sitcom produced by Teddy Productions and aired on Israeli Channel 2 from 1997 to 2004 {{disambiguation, geo, surname