Strong's Lexicon

H4923

H4923 — מְשַׁמָּה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmshammahnoun femOccurrences: 7TWOT: 2409f

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4923
Word:	מְשַׁמָּה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H8074
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	7
Transliteration:	mshammah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mesh-am-maw'
Meaning:	1. a waste or amazement
KJV Renderings:	astonishment, desolate.

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BDB8806

מְשַׁמָּה noun feminine = שַׁמָּה: — absolute

1. = devastation, waste, ׳ אֶתהָֿאָרֶץ שְׁמָמָה וּמ ׳ וְנָתַתִּ Ezek 6:14; Ezek 33:28, compare Ezek 33:29 ; Ezek 35:3 , + Ezek 35:7a, see שְׁמָמָה ; plural מְשַׁמּוֺת Isa 15:16 = Jer 48:34.

2. horror, ׳ וְהָֽיְתָה חֶרְפָּה ֗֗֗ וּמ Ezek 5:15.

שָׁמָּה see שָׁם . שְׁמָמִית see שְׂמָמִית .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

משְמָה (mish-ghak')

Leviticus 7:35

KJV: This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the Lord in the priest’s office;

EHCC: (the portion) of the anointing of Aaron,

Numbers 4:16

KJV: And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

EHCC: and the anointing oil,

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