שַׁמָּשׁ, (preced.) attendant, servant, waiter. Pes. VII, 13 כשהש׳ עומד וכ׳ when the waiter (at a Passover meal of two parties) rises to serve the wine. Ber. 52ᵇ, v. שָׁמַשׁ; a. fr.—Snh. 59ᵇ חבל על ש׳ גדול וכ׳ woe for the great servant (the most useful instrument of comfort) that was lost to the world! for if the serpent had not been cursed &c.—Euphem. membrum virile. Nidd. 11ᵇ. Ib. 41ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. שׁמָּשִׁים, שַׁמָּשִׁין. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 10; R. Hash. 24ᵇ (ref. to Ex. XX, 23) לא תעשון כדמות שַׁמָּשַׁיי המשמשין לפני וכ׳ you shall not make an image like any of my servants (angels, Ḥayoth &c.) that are in attendance before me on high. Ib. ש׳ שבמדור העליון the servants of the higher dwelling (angels, Ḥayoth &c.); שבמדור התחתון of the lower dwelling (sun, moon &c.); a. e.