הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ / הַיָּרֵחַ / צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם
The sun ; by implication, the east ; figuratively, a ray , i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement · the moon · a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army ); by implication, a campaign , literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship , worship ) · the sky (as aloft ; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
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שֶׁמֶשׁ H8121 the sun ; by implication, the east ; figuratively, a ray , i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
יָרֵחַ H3394 the moon
צָבָא H6635 a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army ); by implication, a campaign , literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship , worship )
שָׁמַיִם H8064 the sky (as aloft ; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
What does הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ / הַיָּרֵחַ / צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם (hashemesh / hayyareach / tseva hashamayim) mean in the Bible?
שֶׁמֶשׁ · יָרֵחַ · צָבָא · שָׁמַיִם is a Hebrew word meaning "heavenly bodies, astral host".
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