שָׁאָה
shâʼâh · shaw-aw'
to rush; by implication, to desolate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to rush; by implication, to desolate
- to rush
- by implication, to desolate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be desolate, (make a) rush(-ing), (lay) waste.
Letters
- 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
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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)
to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁאָה 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste2 · 33%
- be wasted1 · 17%
- desolate1 · 17%
- that make a rushing like the rushing1 · 17%
- shall rush1 · 17%
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.