Strong's Lexicon

H8077

H8077 — שְׁמָמָה שִׁמָמָה

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

Hebrewshmamahnoun femOccurrences: 58TWOT: 2409b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H8077
Word:	שְׁמָמָה שִׁמָמָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H8076
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	58
Transliteration:	shmamah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	shem-aw-maw' (or shimamah {shee-mam-aw'}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. devastation 2. (figuratively) astonishment
KJV Renderings:	(laid, X most) desolate(- ion), waste.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

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 Stu^{JP Th. 1877, 714} FB^{JBL (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.

BDB8799

ִשׁמְמָה Ezek 35:7 see foregoing.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מְמָה (mah-sah')

Joshua 14:8

KJV: Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.

EHCC: made the heart of the people melt:

Psalms 6:6

KJV: I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.all…: or, every night

EHCC: (7). J water my couch with my tears.