Lexicon / H4923
מְשַׁמָּה
me.sham.mah
  • devastation
  • waste

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: devastation

1) devastation, horror

1a) devastation, waste

1b) horror

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: waste

Root √שׁמם: שָׁמֵם vb be desolated appalled Qal be desolated be appalled awestruck , Niph be desolated be appalled . Pō‛ I sat appalled appalling causing horror transit. Hiph devastate ravage , appal shewing horror inwardly trans. Hoph all the days of being desolate .(its) Hithpō‛ be appalled astounded , cause oneself desolation ruin .

מְשַׁמָּה n.f devastation waste , horror . abs.