Hebrew · H8077

שְׁמָמָה

Devastation ; figuratively, astonishment

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שְׁמָמָה H8077

Pronunciation šĕmāmāh

What does שְׁמָמָה (šĕmāmāh) mean in the Bible?

שְׁמָמָה (šĕmāmāh): Desolation that stuns: physical ruin so complete it evokes speechless shock and bewilderment.

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What does שְׁמָמָה (šĕmāmāh) mean in the Bible?

שְׁמָמָה (šĕmāmāh): Desolation that stuns: physical ruin so complete it evokes speechless shock and bewilderment.

How does the BSB render H8077?

The BSB source-word alignment has 57 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include desolate (16), a desolation (13), a desolate (6), desolation (3), wasteland (3).

Where does שְׁמָמָה (šĕmāmāh) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 23:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (22), Jeremiah (15), Isaiah (6), Joel (4).

Source Word Evidence

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How English Renders It

desolate 16× Exodus 23:29, Leviticus 26:33, Isaiah 62:4, Jeremiah 4:27

a desolation 13× Joshua 8:28, Isaiah 1:7, Isaiah 64:10, Jeremiah 9:11

a desolate 6× Ezekiel 6:14, Ezekiel 29:9, Ezekiel 29:10, Ezekiel 33:28

desolation 3× Isaiah 17:9, Jeremiah 25:12, Ezekiel 35:9

wasteland 3× Joel 2:3, Joel 3:19, Zephaniah 2:9

. . . 1× Micah 1:7

a wasteland 1× Malachi 1:3

and desolate 1× Joel 2:20

and desolation 1× Ezekiel 23:33

and ravaged 1× Isaiah 6:11

into a desolate 1× Jeremiah 12:10

is desolate 1× Isaiah 1:7

it a desolation 1× Jeremiah 12:11

laid waste 1× Zephaniah 1:13

left in ruins 1× Zephaniah 2:4

of ruins 1× Jeremiah 49:2

ruin 1× Jeremiah 44:6

waste 1× Ezekiel 35:7

with despair 1× Ezekiel 7:27

you a desolate 1× Ezekiel 35:3

you a desolation 1× Jeremiah 6:8

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First aligned row Exodus 23:29

Aligned rows 57

Books represented 10

Exodus 1 Leviticus 1 Joshua 1 Isaiah 6 Jeremiah 15 Ezekiel 22 Joel 4 Micah 2 Zephaniah 4 Malachi 1

Source forms

שְׁמָמָ֔ה 13x šə·mā·māh Exodus 23:29, Leviticus 26:33, Joshua 8:28, Isaiah 1:7

שְׁמָמָ֖ה 7x šə·mā·māh Jeremiah 9:11, Jeremiah 10:22, Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 49:33

שְׁמָמָ֣ה 5x šə·mā·māh Ezekiel 12:20, Ezekiel 32:15, Ezekiel 33:28, Ezekiel 33:29

שְׁמָמָֽה׃ 5x šə·mā·māh Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 17:9, Isaiah 64:10, Jeremiah 12:10

שְׁמָמָ֥ה 3x šə·mā·māh Jeremiah 4:27, Jeremiah 32:43, Ezekiel 35:3

וּשְׁמָמָ֖ה 2x ū·šə·mā·māh Isaiah 1:7, Zephaniah 2:9

לִשְׁמָמָ֖ה 2x liš·mā·māh Jeremiah 44:6, Micah 7:13

לִשְׁמָמָ֣ה 2x liš·mā·māh Ezekiel 29:9, Joel 3:19

Parsing patterns

Noun - feminine singular 39x Exodus 23:29, Leviticus 26:33, Joshua 8:28, Isaiah 1:7

Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular 8x Jeremiah 44:6, Ezekiel 29:9, Ezekiel 35:7, Joel 3:19

Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 5x Isaiah 1:7, Ezekiel 23:33, Ezekiel 35:7, Joel 2:20

Noun - feminine plural construct 3x Jeremiah 51:26, Jeremiah 51:62, Ezekiel 35:9

Adjective - feminine singular 1x Jeremiah 12:11

Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct 1x Jeremiah 25:12

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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שְׁמָמָה

What does שְׁמָמָה (šĕmāmāh) mean in the Bible?

What does שְׁמָמָה (šĕmāmāh) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H8077?

Where does שְׁמָמָה (šĕmāmāh) appear in Scripture?

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