Strong's Lexicon

H8074

H8074 — שָׁמֵם

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

HebrewshamemverbOccurrences: 87TWOT: 2409

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8074
Word:שָׁמֵם
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:87
Transliteration:shamem
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shaw-mame'
Meaning:1. to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
KJV Renderings:make amazed, be astonished, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.

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BDB8796

[שָׁמֵם] verb be desoleted, appalled (connection of meanings not clear) (Late Hebrew id .; Jewish-Aramaic שְׁמַם Ithpe`el be dazed); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular שָׁמֵ֑מָה Ezek 35:15, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשֹּׁם; 1Kgs 9:8 +, 3 masculine plural יָשֹּׁ֫מּוּ Job 17:8; Ps 40:16, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שֹׁ֫מוּ Jer 2:19 Infinitive construct (?) metaplastic שַׁמוֺת Ezek 36:3 ( Ges«GKC:67r»§ 67r, but see infra); — תֵּשַׁם, etc. (see [יָשַׁם]) are placed here by most; Ezek 6:6 reads תִּישָׁ֑מְנָה, see Ges § 67 p dd; — Participle שׁוֺמֵם Lam 3:11 (see also Po-.); feminine שֹׁמֵמָ֔ה (Ges«GKC:84a»§ 84a «GKC:84a:s»s) 2Sam 13:20 +; plural שׁוֺמֵמִין Lam 1:14, etc.; —
1. be desolated, of Tamar 2Sam 13:20 (i.e. deflowered, or deserted; others appalled), of person elsewhere late Lam 1:16 נְתָנַנִי שֹׁמֵמָה Lam 1:13, ׳ שָׂמַ֫נִי שׁ Lam 3:11 participle as feminine noun בְּנֵי שׁוֺמֵמָה Isa 54:1 (opposed to בְּעוּלָה) [Dan 8:13 + see Po-.]; usually of land, etc. (sometimes=deserted), Isa 49:8; Ezek 33:28 (מֵאֵין עוֺבֵר ), Ezek 35:12 (read שָֽׁמְמוּ Qr Co Toy Krae; > Kt שׁממה), Ezek 35:15 הֶחְָרָבוֺת הַשֹּׁמִמוֺת Ezek 36:4 (|| הֶעָרִים הַנֱּעֶזָבוֺת שַׁמּוֺת) Ezek 36:3 is probably corrupt, Co שְׁאָט as Ezek 36:5, Hi-Sm from שׁמה = נשׁם, Toy reads נָשֹׁם, Krae נָשֹׁם; — participle feminine plural as noun = desolate places Isa 49:19 ; Isa 61:4 (both || חֳרָבוֺת), Isa 61:4 (compare שְׁמָמָה Isa 62:4); = desolations Dan 9:18; Dan 9:26.
2. be appalled, awestruck, usually at (עַל) judgments on others, Lev 26:32 ( H ), Jer 2:12 (see II. [ חָרֵב ]), Ezek 26:16; Ezek 27:35; Ezek 28:19; Isa 52:14; Job 17:8, compare 1Kgs 9:8 = 2Chr 7:12 ; Jer 18:16 ; Jer 19:8 ; Jer 49:17; Jer 50:13 on oneself Ps 40:16 (עַלעֵֿקֶב). — Isa 42:14 see [נשׁם].
Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular נָשַׁ֫מָּה Jer 12:11 +, 3 plural נָשַׁ֫נּוּ Zeph 3:6 +; Participle feminine נְשַׁמָּה Ezek 36:34 +, etc.; — = Qal:
1. be desolated, of roads Lev 26:22 ( H ), Isa 33:8, bamoth Amos 7:9 (|| יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ), altars Ezek 6:4 compare Ezek 25:3; Ezek 32:15 ; Zeph 3:6 ; Zech 7:14; Joel 1:17; Ps 69:26 of lands Ezek 29:12; Ezek 30:7; Ezek 36:34; Ezek 36:35 , cities Isa 54:3 (opposed to יוֺשִׁיבוּ), compare Ezek 36:35; Amos 9:14; Jer 33:10 הַנְּשַׁמָּה Ezek 36:36 the desolated (that is, land, in figure).
2. be appalled Jer 4:9; Lam 4:5; Ezek 4:17; Ezek 30:7 , with עַל of thing Job 18:20.
Po` Participle
1. וֵָ˜אשְׁבָה מְשׁוֺמֵם Ezra 9:3 I sat appalled, compare Ezra 9:4
2. transitive appalling, causing horror ( Dr Dan 15 0 f. ): (הַ)שִּׁקּוּץ מְשֹׁמֵם Dan 11:31, + perhaps Dan 9:27 a (see שִׁקּוּץ ); so also שֹׁמֵם ׳ שִׁוּ Dan 12:11 (on ׳ שׁ v, Ges«GKC:52s»§ 52s), הַפֶּשַׁע שֹׁמֵם Dan 8:13 the crime causing horror, and ׳ שׁ as noun horror-causer, appaller, Dan 9:27b.
Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular הֲשִׁמּ֫וֺתָ Job 16:7, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַשּׁים (Ges «GKC:67y»§ 67y) Jer 49:20; Jer 50:45, 3 masculine plural suffix וַיְשִׁמֵּם 1Sam 5:6, 1 plural נַשִּׁים Num 21:30, etc.; Imperative masculine plural הָשַׁמּוּ (Ges «GKC:67v»§ 67v) Job 21:5 Infinitive absolute הַשְׁמֵם Mic 6:13 Participle מַשְׁמִים Ezek 3:15 —
1. devastate, ravage, accusative of person 1Sam 5:6; Ezek 20:26; Hos 2:14 (figurative of vine), Job 16:7 accusative of location Lev 26:31; Lev 26:32 ( H ) Jer 10:25; Ezek 30:12; Ezek 30:14; Ps 79:7, so (accusative omitted) Num 21:30 (poem in J E ), Mic 6:13 — Ezek 14:8 see שִׂים Hiph`il
2.
a. appall, accusative of person, with עַל at, Jer 49:20; Jer 50:45; Ezek 32:10.
b. inwardly transitive, וָאֵשֵׁב ׳ מִשׁ Ezek 3:15 shewing horror, Job 21:5 (Bu Niph`al הִשַּׁמוּ).
Hoph`al Infinitive construct כָּליְֿמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה (that is הָאָרֶץ) Lev 26:34 ( H ) all the days of (its) being desolate, so Lev 26:35 ; 2Chr 36:21 Aramaizing, בָּהְשַׁמָּה (Ges «GKC:67y»§ 67y) Lev 26:43.
Hithpo`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׁתּוֺמֵם Ps 143:4 , etc.; —
1. be appalled, astounded, כִּי that, because, Isa 59:16; Isa 63:5 עַל of thing Dan 8:27 ׳ עבּתוֺכִי יִשְׁתּ Ps 143:4 (compare 1 plural נשתומם ).
2. cause oneself desolation, ruin, Eccl 7:16.


BDB8798

שְׁמָמָה55 noun feminine a devastation, waste; — absolute ׳ שׁ Exod 23:29 +; plural construct שִׁמְמוֺת Jer 51:26 +; — waste, usually of land, city, house, etc., Exod 23:29 ( E ), Isa 1:7 (probably strike out, with words following StuJP Th. 1877, 714 FBJBL (1890), 84), Lev 26:33 ( H ), Jer 4:27 + 14 t. Jeremiah (|| מֵאֵין ׳ אָדָם ונו Jer 32:43, מֵאֵין ישֵׁב Jer 34:22), Ezek 6:14 + 18 t. Ezekiel (Ezek 35:7 a read שְׁמָמָה וּמְשַׁמָּה for ᵑ0 ִ˜שׁמְמָה וּשְׁמָמָה, so Hi Co Toy Krae and others) +; of prince, ׳ יִלְבַּשׁ שׁ Ezek 7:27 of idols Mic 1:7 ׳ כּוֺם שַׁמָּה ושׁ Ezek 23:33. — Ezek 35:12 see שׁמם Qal.


BDB9966

[שְׁמַם] verb

Ethpo`lel be appalled ( ᵑ7 (rare); see Biblical Hebrew; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic [untranscribed source text 6175], Schulth209); — Perfect 3 masculine singular אֶשְׁתּוֺמַם (K§ 36) Dan 4:16.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
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