שְׁמָמָה
shᵉmâmâh · shem-aw-maw'
devastation; figuratively, astonishment
Lexicon
Derivation: or שִׁמָמָה; feminine of H8076 (שָׁמֵם);
devastation; figuratively, astonishment
- devastation
- figuratively, astonishment
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (laid, [idiom] most) desolate(-ion), 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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁמָמָה 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
57 occurrences · 57 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- desolate12 · 24%
- shall be desolate7 · 14%
- a desolation5 · 10%
- and desolate3 · 6%
- thee desolate2 · 4%
- desolations2 · 4%
- become desolate1 · 2%
- even a desolation1 · 2%
- is desolate1 · 2%
- it in your presence, and it is desolate1 · 2%
- be utterly1 · 2%
- and there shall be desolation1 · 2%
- a desolate1 · 2%
- and being desolate1 · 2%
- it is desolate1 · 2%
- and it shall be a desolate1 · 2%
- and a desolation1 · 2%
- but it shall be wholly desolate1 · 2%
- but thou shalt be desolate1 · 2%
- but that it shall be desolate1 · 2%
- with desolation1 · 2%
- it, so that it be desolate1 · 2%
- and desolation1 · 2%
- and thou shalt be desolate1 · 2%
- most1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.