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Shammai

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  noun 1. a person who shams.

• Shammes

  noun, plural shammosim [shah-maw-sim] /ʃɑˈmɔ sɪm/ (Show IPA) 1. sexton (def 2). 2. the candle used to kindle the candles in the Hanukkah menorah. noun (Judaism) (pl) shammosim, shammashim (Hebrew) (ʃaˈmɔsɪm) 1. an official acting as the beadle, sexton, and caretaker of a synagogue 2. the extra candle used on the Feast of Hanukkah to […]

• Shamming

  noun 1. something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax. 2. a person who shams; shammer. 3. a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham. adjective 4. pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade. 5. designed, made, or […]

• Shammua

  heard. (1.) One of the spies sent out by Moses to search the land (Num. 13:4). He represented the tribe of Reuben. (2.) One of David’s sons (1 Chr. 14:4; 3:5, “Shimea;” 2 Sam. 5:14). (3.) A Levite under Nehemiah (11:17).

• Shammy

  noun, plural shammies, verb, shammied, shammying. 1. chamois (defs 2–4, 6, 7). noun (pl) -mies 1. (informal) another word for chamois (sense 3) Also called shammy leather

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