UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Related lemmas: שׁאה

Sense 1: total desolation, total destruction

Semantic domains: Impact (002001001023)

Definition: = state in which buildings and infrastructure have been totally destroyed

Collocations: שֹׁואָה וּמְשֹׁואָה

JOB 30:3: RV JOB 30:3 · LV JOB 30:3 · Read together JOB 30:3

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OET-RV JOB 30:3

3 They’re useless due to poverty and hunger.
⇔ Gnawing at the dry land that’s devastated and uninhabited.

OET-LV JOB 30:3

3 By_poverty and_by_hunger barren those_who_gnaw a _dry _region yesterday devastation and_desolation.

JOB 38:27: RV JOB 38:27 · LV JOB 38:27 · Read together JOB 38:27

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OET-RV JOB 38:27

27 to satisfy the parched wasteland
⇔ and to cause fresh grass to shoot up?

OET-LV JOB 38:27

27 To_satisfy devastation and_desolation and_to_cause _to _sprout a _going _forth _of fresh _grass.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

JOB: RV JOB 30:3 · RV JOB 38:27 · LV JOB 30:3 · LV JOB 38:27 · Read together JOB 30:3 · Read together JOB 38:27

ZEP: RV ZEP 1:15 · LV ZEP 1:15 · Read together ZEP 1:15

Sense 2: devastating storm

Semantic domains: Air (001006001)

Definition: literally: destruction; hence: = a strong wind that destroys everything in its way

Synonyms: סוּפָה

PRO 1:27: RV PRO 1:27 · LV PRO 1:27 · Read together PRO 1:27

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OET-RV PRO 1:27

27 when panic strikes you all like a storm
⇔ and calamity comes like a whirlwind
⇔ and when trouble and anguish reach you all.

OET-LV PRO 1:27

27 When_comes mmm dread _of_your(pl) and_calamity _of_your(pl) like_a _storm-wind it _will _arrive when_comes on_you(pl) trouble and_distress.

EZE 38:9: RV EZE 38:9 · LV EZE 38:9 · Read together EZE 38:9

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OET-RV EZE 38:9

9 Then you’ll go in like a storm with your large army—you’ll all be like a cloud covering the land.

OET-LV EZE 38:9

9 And_you _will _go _up like_storm you _will _go like_cloud about_to_cover the_earth/land you _are you and_all troops _of_your and_peoples many with_you.

Sense 3: calamity, disaster, ruin

Semantic domains: Unsafe (002003003021)

Core domains: Well-Being (196)

Definition: literally: destruction; hence: = an event that has a great negative impact on one's life, possessions and well-being

PSA 35:8: RV PSA 35:8 · LV PSA 35:8 · Read together PSA 35:8

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OET-RV PSA 35:8

8 Let destruction overtake them by surprise.
⇔ Let their own net that they set, catch them—
⇔ let them fall to their destruction in it.

OET-LV PSA 35:8

8 May_it _come _to _him devastation which_not he _knows and_net _of_his which he _hid may_it _catch _him in_devastation may _he _fall in_it.

PSA 63:10: RV PSA 63:9 · LV PSA 63:10 · Read together PSA 63:9

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OET-RV PSA 63:9

9 Those who are trying to destroy me
⇔ will end up down deep under the earth instead.

OET-LV PSA 63:10

10  And_they to_devastation they _are _seeking life _of_my they _will _go in_the _lower _parts _of the_earth/land.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

PSA: RV PSA 35:8 · RV PSA 63:9 · LV PSA 35:8 · LV PSA 63:10 · Read together PSA 35:8 · Read together PSA 63:9

ISA: RV ISA 10:3 · RV ISA 47:11 · LV ISA 10:3 · LV ISA 47:11 · Read together ISA 10:3 · Read together ISA 47:11

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שֹׁואָה

Form 1

Sense 1: total desolation, total destruction

Sense 2: devastating storm

Sense 3: calamity, disaster, ruin