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title: מְשַׁמָּה — waste · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְשַׁמָּה (4923), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: waste. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְשַׁמָּה

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«מְשַׁמָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **waste** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 4923 · **BDB:** מְשַׁמָּה²

### Glosses

a.waste (4); wastes (2); a.horror (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

waste [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4923/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4923/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. = שַׁמָּה;—abs. = devastation, waste, וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ שְׁמָמָה וּמ׳ Ez 6:14; 33:28, cf. v 29 35:3, + 35:7a, v. שְׁמָמָה; pl. מְשַׁמּוֹת Is 15:6 = Je 48:34. horror, וְהָֽיְתָה חֶרְפָּה … וּמ׳ Ez 5:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְשַׁמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4923/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 15:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.15.6/)

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כִּֽי־מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת יִֽהְי֑וּ כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא יֶ֖רֶק לֹ֥א הָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.waters of.Nimrim wastes they.are (dm) it.has.dried.up grass it.has.wasted.away fresh.grass greenery not it.is

*JPS 1917:* For the Waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the herbage faileth, there is no green thing.

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[Ezekiel 33:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.28/)

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וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ שְׁמָמָ֣ה וּמְשַׁמָּ֔ה וְנִשְׁבַּ֖ת גְּא֣וֹן עֻזָּ֑הּ וְשָֽׁמְמ֛וּ הָרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵאֵ֥ין עוֹבֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.make (et) the land a.desolation and a.waste and it.will.cease the.pride its.strength her and they.will.be.desolate the.mountains of.Israel from not \[one.who\].passes.by

*JPS 1917:* And I will make the land most desolate, and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.

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