שממה
Hebrew edit
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| שׁ־מ־ם (š-m-m) |
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
שְׁמָמָה or שִׁמְמָה • (shemamá or shimemá) f (plural indefinite שְׁמָמוֹת, singular construct שִׁמְמַת־)
- 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.