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title: שַׁמָּה — waste · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁמָּה (8047), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 39 times: waste. BDB 1906: n.f. waste, appalment. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁמָּה

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«שַׁמָּה» 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:** 39 times · **Key:** 8047 · **BDB:** שַׁמָּה²

### Glosses

waste (12); a.waste (11); horror (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

waste [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8047/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. waste, appalment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8047/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. waste, appalment (24 times Je);—abs. שׁ׳ Je 5:30 +; pl. abs. שַׁמּוֹת ψ 46:9;— a waste, of land, etc., ψ 46:9 Ho 5:9; Is 5:9; 13:9; 24:12; Zc 7:14; Je 2:15; 4:7; 18:16; 19:8; 46:19; 48:9; 50:3; 51:29, 43, vine Jo 1:7; pers. ψ 73:19; כּוֹס שׁ׳ וּשְׁמָמָה Ez 23:33. appalment, horror, i.e. occasion of it; of people, land, etc., Dt 28:37; 2 K 22:19; Mi 6:16; Zp 2:15; Je 5:30; 25:9, 11, 18, 38; 29:18; 42:18; 44:12, 22; 49:13, 17; 50:23; 51:37, 41; 2 Ch 29:8; 30:7; שׁ׳ הֶחֱזִקָ֑תְנִי Je 8:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 39 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8047/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 5:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.30/)

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שַׁמָּה֙ וְשַׁ֣עֲרוּרָ֔ה נִהְיְתָ֖ה בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* an.atrocious.event and a.horrible.\[thing\] it.has.occurred in the land

*JPS 1917:* An appalling and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:

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[Isaiah 24:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.12/)

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נִשְׁאַ֥ר בָּעִ֖יר שַׁמָּ֑ה וּשְׁאִיָּ֖ה יֻכַּת־שָֽׁעַר׃

*Word for word:* it.has.remained in the city desolation and ruin it.will.be.crushed \[the\].gate

*JPS 1917:* In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten unto ruin.

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