שממה

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־מ־ם (sh-m-m)

Alternative forms

• שַׁמָּה

Noun

שְׁמָמָה or שִׁמְמָה • (shemamá or shimemá) f (plural indefinite שְׁמָמוֹת, singular construct שִׁמְמַת־)

1. empty area, emptiness, desolation, waste

   Synonyms: חורבן \ חֻרְבָּן (khurbán), שאייה \ שְׁאִיָּה (she'iyá), שַׁמָּה (shamá), הֶרֶס (herés)

   הם עושים שממה וקוראים לה שלום. ― They make a waste and call it peace.

   • Tanach, Isaiah 1:7, with translation of the New International Version:

     אַרְצְכֶם שְׁמָמָה עָרֵיכֶם שְׂרֻפֹות אֵשׁ

     Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire:

   • Tanach, Ezekiel 7:27, with translation of the King James Version:

     הַמֶּלֶךְ יִתְאַבָּל וְנָשִׂיא יִלְבַּשׁ שְׁמָמָה […]

     The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, […]

   • Tanach, Ezekiel 35:7, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     וְנָֽתַתִּי אֶת־הַר שֵׂעִיר לְשִֽׁמְמָה וּשְׁמָמָה וְהִכְרַתִּי מִמֶּנּוּ עֹבֵר וָשָֽׁב׃

     I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go.

References

• H8077 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible