8047. shammah

Lexicon

shammah: Desolation, horror, waste

Original Word: שַׁמָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: shammah
Pronunciation: SHAM-mah
Phonetic Spelling: (sham-maw')
Definition: Desolation, horror, waste
Meaning: ruin, consternation

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

ruin, desolation, waste

From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation -- astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.

see HEBREW shamem

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from shamem
Definition
waste, horror
NASB Translation
appalling (1), desolate (2), desolation (10), desolations (1), destroyed (1), destruction (1), dismay (1), horror (9), object of horror (10), waste (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. שַׁמָּה noun feminine waste, appalment (24 t. Jeremiah); — absolute ׳שׁ Jeremiah 5:30 +; plural absolute שַׁמּוֺת Psalm 46:9; —

1 a waste, of land, city, etc., Hosea 5:9; Isaiah 5:9; Isaiah 13:9; Isaiah 24:12; Zechariah 7:14; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 19:8; Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 48:9; Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 51:29,43, vine Joel 1:7; person Psalm 73:19; וּשְׁמָמָה ׳כּוֺם שׁ Ezekiel 23:33.

2 appalment, horror, i.e. occasion of it; of people land etc., Deuteronomy 28:37; 2 Kings 22:19; Micah 6:16; Zephaniah 2:15; Jeremiah 5:30; Jeremiah 25:9,11,18,38; Jeremiah 29:18; Jeremiah 44:12,22; Jeremiah 49:13,17; Jeremiah 50:23; Jeremiah 51:37,41; 2Chronicles 29:8; 30:7; ׳הֶחֱזִָק֑תְנִ ׳שׁ Jeremiah 8:21.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root verb שָׁמֵם (shamem), which means "to be desolate" or "to be appalled."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G135: δέος (deos) • fear, dread
• G854: ἄφοβος (aphobos) • without fear
• G1611: ἐκπλήσσω (ekplesso) • to be amazed, astonished
• G5059: τερασσεύω (terasseuo) • to terrify, to cause consternation

These Greek terms capture similar themes of fear, astonishment, and consternation, reflecting the emotional and spiritual impact of divine judgment and desolation as expressed by שַׁמָּה (shammah) in the Hebrew Bible.

Usage: The term שַׁמָּה (shammah) is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe a state of devastation or desolation, often as a result of God's judgment. It can also express the emotional response of shock or horror to such events.

Context: • The term שַׁמָּה (shammah) appears in various contexts throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, often associated with the aftermath of divine judgment or the consequences of sin. It is used to describe the desolation of cities, lands, or peoples who have experienced God's wrath.
• In the prophetic literature, שַׁמָּה (shammah) frequently appears in oracles against nations or cities, emphasizing the totality of their destruction and the resulting astonishment of onlookers. For example, in Ezekiel 5:15, the prophet declares, "So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger and wrath and furious rebukes. I, the LORD, have spoken."
• The term also captures the emotional response of those witnessing or experiencing such devastation. It conveys a sense of horror and shock, as seen in Jeremiah 18:16, where the prophet laments, "Their land will be an object of horror and perpetual scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads."
• שַׁמָּה (shammah) serves as a powerful reminder of the consequences of turning away from God and the severity of His judgments. It underscores the importance of faithfulness and obedience to the divine covenant.

Forms and Transliterations

וּלְשַׁמָּ֧ה וּלְשַׁמָּה֙ ולשמה לְשַׁמָּ֑ה לְשַׁמָּ֔ה לְשַׁמָּ֖ה לְשַׁמָּ֗ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה לְשַׁמָּ֣ה לְשַׁמָּ֧ה לְשַׁמָּה֙ לשמה נָשַׁ֣מָּה נשמה שַׁמָּ֑ה שַׁמָּ֖ה שַׁמָּ֣ה שַׁמָּ֥ה שַׁמָּה֙ שַׁמּ֣וֹת שמה שמות lə·šam·māh ləšammāh leshamMah nā·šam·māh nāšammāh naShammah šam·māh šam·mō·wṯ šammāh šammōwṯ shamMah shamMot ū·lə·šam·māh ūləšammāh uleshamMah

Englishman's Concordance

Deuteronomy 28:37
HEB: וְהָיִ֣יתָ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה לְמָשָׁ֖ל וְלִשְׁנִינָ֑ה
NAS: You shall become a horror, a proverb,
KJV: And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb,
INT: shall become A horror A proverb taunt

2 Kings 22:19
HEB: יֹשְׁבָ֗יו לִהְי֤וֹת לְשַׁמָּה֙ וְלִקְלָלָ֔ה וַתִּקְרַע֙
NAS: that they should become a desolation and a curse,
KJV: and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse,
INT: inhabitants become A desolation curse have torn

2 Chronicles 29:8
HEB: (לְזַֽעֲוָה֙ ק) לְשַׁמָּ֣ה וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר
NAS: them an object of terror, of horror, and of hissing,
KJV: them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing,
INT: has made be removed of horror hissing after

2 Chronicles 30:7
HEB: אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּתְּנֵ֣ם לְשַׁמָּ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר אַתֶּ֥ם
NAS: so that He made them a horror, as you see.
KJV: [who] therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
INT: of their fathers made A horror who you

Psalm 46:8
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ שָׂ֖ם שַׁמּ֣וֹת בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: has wrought desolations in the earth.
KJV: of the LORD, what desolations he hath made
INT: Who has wrought desolations the earth

Psalm 73:19
HEB: אֵ֤יךְ הָי֣וּ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה כְרָ֑גַע סָ֥פוּ
NAS: How they are destroyed in a moment!
KJV: How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment!
INT: How become are destroyed A moment swept

Isaiah 5:9
HEB: בָּתִּ֤ים רַבִּים֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה יִֽהְי֔וּ גְּדֹלִ֥ים
NAS: shall become desolate, [Even] great
KJV: houses shall be desolate, [even] great
INT: houses many desolate shall become great

Isaiah 13:9
HEB: לָשׂ֤וּם הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה וְחַטָּאֶ֖יהָ יַשְׁמִ֥יד
NAS: the land a desolation; And He will exterminate
KJV: the land desolate: and he shall destroy
INT: to make the land A desolation sinners will exterminate

Isaiah 24:12
HEB: נִשְׁאַ֥ר בָּעִ֖יר שַׁמָּ֑ה וּשְׁאִיָּ֖ה יֻכַּת־
NAS: Desolation is left in the city
KJV: is left desolation, and the gate
INT: is left the city Desolation to ruins is battered

Jeremiah 2:15
HEB: וַיָּשִׁ֤יתוּ אַרְצוֹ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה עָרָ֥יו [נִצְּתָה
NAS: his land a waste; His cities
KJV: his land waste: his cities
INT: have made his land a waste his cities burn

Jeremiah 4:7
HEB: לָשׂ֤וּם אַרְצֵךְ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה עָרַ֥יִךְ תִּצֶּ֖ינָה
NAS: your land a waste. Your cities
KJV: thy land desolate; [and] thy cities
INT: to make your land a waste your cities will be ruins

Jeremiah 5:30
HEB: שַׁמָּה֙ וְשַׁ֣עֲרוּרָ֔ה נִהְיְתָ֖ה
NAS: An appalling and horrible thing
KJV: A wonderful and horrible thing
INT: an appalling and horrible has happened

Jeremiah 8:21
HEB: הָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּי קָדַ֕רְתִּי שַׁמָּ֖ה הֶחֱזִקָֽתְנִי׃
NAS: I mourn, dismay has taken hold
KJV: I am black; astonishment hath taken hold
INT: I am broken mourn dismay has taken

Jeremiah 18:16
HEB: לָשׂ֥וּם אַרְצָ֛ם לְשַׁמָּ֖ה [שְׁרוּקַת כ]
NAS: their land a desolation, [An object of] perpetual
KJV: their land desolate, [and] a perpetual
INT: to make their land A desolation bleating perpetual

Jeremiah 19:8
HEB: הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את לְשַׁמָּ֖ה וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֑ה כֹּ֚ל
NAS: city a desolation and an [object of] hissing;
KJV: this city desolate, and an hissing;
INT: city likewise A desolation hissing everyone

Jeremiah 25:9
HEB: וְהַ֣חֲרַמְתִּ֔ים וְשַׂמְתִּים֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֔ה וּלְחָרְב֖וֹת
NAS: them and make them a horror and a hissing,
KJV: them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing,
INT: will utterly and make A horror hissing desolation

Jeremiah 25:11
HEB: הַזֹּ֔את לְחָרְבָּ֖ה לְשַׁמָּ֑ה וְעָ֨בְד֜וּ הַגּוֹיִ֥ם
NAS: will be a desolation and a horror, and these
KJV: shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations
INT: will be a desolation horror will serve nations

Jeremiah 25:18
HEB: אֹתָ֜ם לְחָרְבָּ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה לִשְׁרֵקָ֥ה וְלִקְלָלָ֖ה
NAS: them a ruin, a horror, a hissing
KJV: them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing,
INT: to make A ruin A horror A hissing curse

Jeremiah 25:38
HEB: הָיְתָ֤ה אַרְצָם֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה מִפְּנֵי֙ חֲר֣וֹן
NAS: has become a horror Because
KJV: for their land is desolate because
INT: has become their land A horror because of the fierceness

Jeremiah 29:18
HEB: הָאָ֗רֶץ לְאָלָ֤ה וּלְשַׁמָּה֙ וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֣ה וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה
NAS: to be a curse and a horror and a hissing,
KJV: to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing,
INT: of the earth curse horror hissing reproach

Jeremiah 42:18
HEB: וִהְיִיתֶ֞ם לְאָלָ֤ה וּלְשַׁמָּה֙ וְלִקְלָלָ֣ה וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה
NAS: a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation
KJV: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse,
INT: will become shall be an execration an object A curse reproach

Jeremiah 44:12
HEB: וְהָיוּ֙ לְאָלָ֣ה לְשַׁמָּ֔ה וְלִקְלָלָ֖ה וּלְחֶרְפָּֽה׃
NAS: a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation
KJV: and they shall be an execration, [and] an astonishment, and a curse,
INT: will become shall be an execration an object A curse reproach

Jeremiah 44:22
HEB: אַ֠רְצְכֶם לְחָרְבָּ֨ה וּלְשַׁמָּ֧ה וְלִקְלָלָ֛ה מֵאֵ֥ין
NAS: a ruin, an object of horror and a curse,
KJV: a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse,
INT: your land A ruin an object curse without

Jeremiah 46:19
HEB: כִּֽי־ נֹף֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ה וְנִצְּתָ֖ה
NAS: will become a desolation; It will even be burned down
KJV: for Noph shall be waste and desolate
INT: For Memphis A desolation will become will even be burned

Jeremiah 48:9
HEB: תֵּצֵ֑א וְעָרֶ֙יהָ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ינָה מֵאֵ֥ין
NAS: will become a desolation, Without
KJV: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell
INT: will flee cities A desolation will become Without

39 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8047
39 Occurrences

lə·šam·māh — 29 Occ.
nā·šam·māh — 1 Occ.
šam·māh — 5 Occ.
šam·mō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·šam·māh — 3 Occ.