Hebrew · H4057, H8077 · unreviewed

מִדְבַּר שְׁמָמָה

A pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert ; also speech (including its organs) · devastation ; figuratively, astonishment

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מִדְבָּר H4057 a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert ; also speech (including its organs)
Pronunciation midbar
Open grazing land metonymically shifted to wilderness; also designates the mouth as an organ of speech.
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שְׁמָמָה H8077 devastation ; figuratively, astonishment
Pronunciation šĕmāmāh
Desolation that stuns: physical ruin so complete it evokes speechless shock and bewilderment.
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What does מִדְבַּר שְׁמָמָה (miḏbar šəmāmāh) mean in the Bible?

מִדְבָּר · שְׁמָמָה is a Hebrew word meaning "wilderness of desolation; desolate waste".

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Meaning

wilderness of desolation; desolate waste
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