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H4875

מְשׁוֹאָה

me.sho.ahH:N-F

desolation

desolation, ruin

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מַשּׁוּאוֺת noun feminine plural deceptions Ps 73:18; Ps 74:3, but meaning not suitable; read probably מְשׁוֺאוֺת, see מְשׁוֺאָה below שׁוא (so Klo NowHup Bae).

מְשׁוֺאָה, מְשֹׁאָה noun feminine desolation; —

1. singular only in ׳שֹׁאָה וּמ Zeph 1:15; Job 30:3; Job 38:27, see foregoing; plural (מַשּׁוּאוֺת, read) מְשׁוֺאוֺת, so Klo Hup-Now CheComm. Bae Du Ps 74:3 ruins (of temple) and Ps 73:18 ruins (of one's life, figurative; but Du here derives from נשׁא: deceptions; yet compare synonym שַׁמָּה vPs 73:19).

2 occurrences

Job (1), Zephaniah (1)