H4923

מְשַׁמָּה

me.sham.mahH:N-F

devastation

1) devastation, horror 1a) devastation, waste 1b) horror

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מְשַׁמָּה noun feminine = שַׁמָּה: — absolute

1. = devastation, waste, ׳אֶתהָֿאָרֶץ שְׁמָמָה וּמ ׳וְנָתַתִּ Ezek 6:14; Ezek 33:28, compare vEzek 33:29; Ezek 35:3, + Ezek 35:7a, see שְׁמָמָה; plural מְשַׁמּוֺת Isa 15:16 = Jer 48:34.

2. horror, ׳וְהָֽיְתָה חֶרְפָּה ֗֗֗ וּמ Ezek 5:15.

שָׁמָּה see שָׁם. שְׁמָמִית see שְׂמָמִית.

6 occurrences

Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (4)