4923. meshammah
Strong's Lexicon
meshammah: Desolation, waste, horror

Original Word: מְשַׁמָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: meshammah
Pronunciation: meh-sham-mah
Phonetic Spelling: (mesh-am-maw')
Definition: Desolation, waste, horror
Meaning: a waste, amazement

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from shamem
Definition
devastation, waste, horror
NASB Translation
desolate (2), object of horror (1), waste (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מְשַׁמָּה noun feminine = שַׁמָּה: — absolute

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

2 horror, ׳וְהָֽיְתָה חֶרְמָּה ֗֗֗ וּמ Ezekiel 5:15.

שָׁמָּה see שָׁם. שְׁמָמִית see שְׂמָמִית.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
astonishment, desolate

From shamem; a waste or amazement -- astonishment, desolate.

see HEBREW shamem

Forms and Transliterations
וּמְשַׁמָּ֔ה וּמְשַׁמָּֽה׃ וּמְשַׁמָּה֙ ומשמה ומשמה׃ לִמְשַׁמּ֖וֹת למשמות מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת משמות lim·šam·mō·wṯ limšammōwṯ limshamMot mə·šam·mō·wṯ məšammōwṯ meshamMot ū·mə·šam·māh ūməšammāh umeshamMah
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Isaiah 15:6
HEB: מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת יִֽהְי֑וּ כִּֽי־
NAS: of Nimrim are desolate. Surely
KJV: of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay
INT: the waters of Nimrim are desolate become Surely

Jeremiah 48:34
HEB: מֵ֣י נִמְרִ֔ים לִמְשַׁמּ֖וֹת יִהְיֽוּ׃
NAS: of Nimrim will become desolate.
KJV: also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
INT: the waters of Nimrim desolate will become

Ezekiel 5:15
HEB: וּגְדוּפָה֙ מוּסָ֣ר וּמְשַׁמָּ֔ה לַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: a warning and an object of horror to the nations
KJV: an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations
INT: A reviling A warning and an object to the nations who

Ezekiel 6:14
HEB: הָאָ֜רֶץ שְׁמָמָ֤ה וּמְשַׁמָּה֙ מִמִּדְבַּ֣ר דִּבְלָ֔תָה
NAS: desolate and waste than
KJV: desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness
INT: the land desolate and waste the wilderness Diblah

Ezekiel 33:28
HEB: הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ שְׁמָמָ֣ה וּמְשַׁמָּ֔ה וְנִשְׁבַּ֖ת גְּא֣וֹן
NAS: a desolation and a waste, and the pride
KJV: the land most desolate,
INT: the land A desolation and a waste will cease and the pride

Ezekiel 33:29
HEB: הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ שְׁמָמָ֣ה וּמְשַׁמָּ֔ה עַ֥ל כָּל־
NAS: a desolation and a waste because
KJV: the land most desolate
INT: the land A desolation and a waste because of all

Ezekiel 35:3
HEB: וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ שְׁמָמָ֥ה וּמְשַׁמָּֽה׃
NAS: you a desolation and a waste.
KJV: against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
INT: and make A desolation and a waste

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4923
7 Occurrences


lim·šam·mō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
mə·šam·mō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·mə·šam·māh — 5 Occ.

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