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title: שְׁמָמָה — a devastation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁמָמָה (8077), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 56 times: a devastation. BDB 1906: n.f. devastation, waste Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁמָמָה

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«שְׁמָמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a devastation** — 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:** 56 times · **Key:** 8077 · **BDB:** שְׁמָמָה

### Glosses

a.desolation (26); desolation (11); a.waste (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a devastation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8077/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. devastation, waste Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8077/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a devastation, waste;—abs. שׁ׳ Ex 23:29 +; pl. cstr. שִׁמְמוֹת Je 51:26 +;—waste, usually of land, city, houses, etc., Ex 23:29 (E), Is 1:7 (prob. del., with words foll. StuJPTh. 1877, 714 FBJBL (1890), 84), Lv 26:33 (H), Je 4:27 + 14 times Je (‖ מֵאֵין אָדָם וגו׳ 32:43, מֵאֵין ישֵׁב 34:22), Ez 6:14 + 18 times Ez (35:7a read שְׁמָמָה וּמְשַׁמָּה for MT שִֽׁמְמָה וּשְׁמָמָה, so Hi Co Toy Krae al.) +; of prince, יִלְבַּשׁ שׁ׳ Ez 7:27; of idols Mi 1:7; כּוֹס שַׁמָּה וּשׁ׳ Ez 23:33.—Ez 35:12 v. שׁמם Qal.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁמָמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8077/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 64:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.64.9/)

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עָרֵ֥י קָדְשְׁךָ֖ הָי֣וּ מִדְבָּ֑ר צִיּוֹן֙ מִדְבָּ֣ר הָיָ֔תָה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם שְׁמָמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.cities your.holiness your they.have.been a.wilderness Zion a.wilderness it.has.been Jerusalem a.desolation

*JPS 1917:* Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

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[Ezekiel 23:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.33/)

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שִׁכָּר֥וֹן וְיָג֖וֹן תִּמָּלֵ֑אִי כּ֚וֹס שַׁמָּ֣ה וּשְׁמָמָ֔ה כּ֖וֹס אֲחוֹתֵ֥ךְ שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* drunkenness and sorrow you.will.be.filled \[is\].a.cup of.horror and desolation the.cup your.sister your Samaria

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and appalment, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

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