מְשַׁמָּה
mᵉshammâh · mesh-am-maw'
a waste or amazement
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8074 (שָׁמֵם);
a waste or amazement
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: astonishment, desolate.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְשַׁמָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall be desolate2 · 29%
- most2 · 29%
- and an astonishment1 · 14%
- yea, more desolate1 · 14%
- thee most1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.