Sun
Etymology
The triliteral root shīn mīm sīn (ش م س) occurs in the Quran 33 times; the noun "sun" inherited from Proto-Semitic *śamš-.
Akkadian - šamšu, Maltese - xemx (the final -x may be due to a non-Arabic Semitic substrate in Northern Africa), Aramaic Syriac - ܫܡܫܐ (šemšā), Aramaic Hebrew - שִׁמְשָׁא (šimšā), Hebrew - שֶׁמֶשׁ (šémeš, shémesh), Old South Arabian - smš (šmsm), Phoenician - šmš, Tigre - ሸምሽ (šämš), Ugaritic - špš.
Shamash - deity
Shamash, (Akkadian), Sumerian Utu, in Mesopotamian religion, the god of the sun, who, with the moon god, Sin (Sumerian: Nanna), and Ishtar (Sumerian: Inanna), the goddess of Venus, was part of an astral triad of divinities. Shamash was the son of Sin. see Shamash
(27:24) "I found her and her people prostrating to Shamash (Arab. لِلشَّمْسِ, lilshamsi) instead of God! The devil had made their work appear good to them, so he kept them away from the path, for they are not being guided."
