What does שְׁדֵמָה (šĕdēmāh) mean in the Bible?
שְׁדֵמָה (šĕdēmāh): A field prepared and tended for crops; emphasizes human cultivation and productive land investment
Hebrew · H7709
שְׁדֵמָה
A cultivated field
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שְׁדֵמָה H7709
Pronunciation šĕdēmāh
What does שְׁדֵמָה (šĕdēmāh) mean in the Bible?
שְׁדֵמָה (šĕdēmāh): A field prepared and tended for crops; emphasizes human cultivation and productive land investment
Full entry for שְׁדֵמָה (H7709) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7709?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and from the fields (1), and the fields (1), in the fields (1), scorched (1), the fields (1).
Where does שְׁדֵמָה (šĕdēmāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 32:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (2), 2 Kings (1), Deuteronomy (1), Habakkuk (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and from the fields 1× Deuteronomy 32:32
and the fields 1× Habakkuk 3:17
in the fields 1× 2 Kings 23:4
scorched 1× Isaiah 37:27
the fields 1× Isaiah 16:8
Show sample aligned rows
Deuteronomy 32:32 וּמִשַּׁדְמֹ֖ת to and from the fields Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct 2 Kings 23:4 בְּשַׁדְמ֣וֹת to in the fields Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct Isaiah 16:8 שַׁדְמוֹת֩ to the fields Noun - feminine plural construct Isaiah 37:27 וּשְׁדֵמָ֖ה to scorched Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Habakkuk 3:17 וּשְׁדֵמ֖וֹת to and the fields Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 32:32
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Deuteronomy 1 2 Kings 1 Isaiah 2 Habakkuk 1
Source forms
בְּשַׁדְמ֣וֹת 1x bə·šaḏ·mō·wṯ 2 Kings 23:4
וּמִשַּׁדְמֹ֖ת 1x ū·miš·šaḏ·mōṯ Deuteronomy 32:32
וּשְׁדֵמָ֖ה 1x ū·šə·ḏê·māh Isaiah 37:27
וּשְׁדֵמ֖וֹת 1x ū·šə·ḏê·mō·wṯ Habakkuk 3:17
שַׁדְמוֹת֩ 1x šaḏ·mō·wṯ Isaiah 16:8
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural 1x Habakkuk 3:17
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 1x Isaiah 37:27
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct 1x Deuteronomy 32:32
Noun - feminine plural construct 1x Isaiah 16:8
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct 1x 2 Kings 23:4
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. A field prepared and tended for crops; emphasizes human cultivation and productive land investment
Source Gloss
a cultivated field
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
A field prepared and tended for crops; emphasizes human cultivation and productive land investment
a cultivated field BDB: field Usage: blasted, field.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שְׁדֵמָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain