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title: שָׁמֵם — devastated · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁמֵם (8076), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: devastated. BDB 1906: adj. devastated. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁמֵם

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«שָׁמֵם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **devastated** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8076 · **BDB:** שָׁמֵם²

### Glosses

desolate (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

devastated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8076/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. devastated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8076/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. devastated;—שׁ׳ of sanctuary Dn 9:17; f. שְׁמֵמָה of land Je 12:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁמֵם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8076/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 12:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.12.11/)

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שָׂמָהּ֙ לִשְׁמָמָ֔ה אָבְלָ֥ה עָלַ֖י שְׁמֵמָ֑ה נָשַׁ֙מָּה֙ כָּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ שָׂ֥ם עַל־לֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* he has.made.it into a.desolation it.is.in.mourning on me desolate it.has.been.made.desolate all the land (dm) there.\[is\].not anyone \[who\].puts.\[it\] on heart

*JPS 1917:* They have made it a desolation, it mourneth unto Me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

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[Daniel 9:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.9.17/)

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וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ שְׁמַ֣ע אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֤ת עַבְדְּךָ֙ וְאֶל־תַּ֣חֲנוּנָ֔יו וְהָאֵ֣ר פָּנֶ֔יךָ עַל־מִקְדָּשְׁךָ֖ הַשָּׁמֵ֑ם לְמַ֖עַן אֲדֹנָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and therefore listen our.God O to the.prayer your.servant your and to supplications his and make.shine face your on sanctuary your (the) desolate for.the.sake.of Lord \[the\]

*JPS 1917:* Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause Thy face to shine upon Thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

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