The meaning of “שַׁמָּה”
Understanding shammâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing. - ruin - by implication, consternation 1) waste, horror, appalment...
שַׁמָּה
astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing. - ruin - by implication, consternation 1) waste, horror, appalment 1a) a waste (of land, city, etc) 1b) appalment, horror
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 28:37 | “And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.” Word: שַׁמָּה (shammâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 30:7 | “And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.” Word: שַׁמָּה (shammâh) | |
| Isaiah 13:9 | “Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.” Word: שַׁמָּה (shammâh) | |
| Ezekiel 23:33 | “Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.” Word: שַׁמָּה (shammâh) | |
| Joel 1:7 | “He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.” Word: שַׁמָּה (shammâh) |
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