The meaning of “שָׁאָה”
Understanding shâʼâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
be desolate, (make a) rush(-ing), (lay) waste. - to rush - by implication, to desolate 1) crash, make a din or crash, cr...
שָׁאָה
be desolate, (make a) rush(-ing), (lay) waste. - to rush - by implication, to desolate 1) crash, make a din or crash, crash into ruins, be in ruins, be desolated 1a) (Qal) to crash into ruins 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be ruined 1b2) to crash 1b3) to be left (a desolation) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to crash 1c2) to cause to be desolated
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Kings 19:25 | “Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.” Word: שָׁאָה (shâʼâh) | |
| Isaiah 6:11 | “Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,” Word: שָׁאָה (shâʼâh) | |
| Isaiah 17:12 | “Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!” Word: שָׁאָה (shâʼâh) | |
| Isaiah 17:13 | “The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.” Word: שָׁאָה (shâʼâh) | |
| Isaiah 37:26 | “Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.” Word: שָׁאָה (shâʼâh) |
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