שְׁמָמָה (shəmāmāh) — desolation / horror

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Related lemmas: שׁמם

Sense 1: desolation

Semantic domains: Non-Contain (002002001004)

Definition: = state in which an area has become empty as a result of destruction and depopulation

Synonyms: אֶרֶץ לֹא נֹושָׁבָה · חָרְבָּה · מִדְבָּר

Show passage in OET: EXO 23:29

OET-RV EXO 23:29

29 I won’t drive them out more than a year ahead of you in case the area becomes desolate and the wild animals proliferate too much in the countryside.

OET-LV EXO 23:29

29 Not I_will _drive _it _out from_before _of_you in_a _year one lest the_earth/land it _should _become a _waste and_it _will _become _many on_you the _animal[s]_of the_field.

Show passage in OET: LEV 26:33

OET-RV LEV 26:33

33 Then I’ll scatter you all among other nations and then armies will come in after you and your land will become desolate and your cities will become rubble,

OET-LV LEV 26:33

33 And_you(pl) I _will _scatter among_nations and_I _will _draw after_you(pl) a _sword and_it _will _be land _of_your(pl) a _desolation and_cities _of_your(pl) they _will _be a _waste _place.

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Jump to OET LEV 26:33 section.

All 51 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: OET EXO 23:29

LEV: OET LEV 26:33

JOS: OET JOS 8:28

ISA: OET ISA 1:7 · OET ISA 6:11 · OET ISA 17:9 · OET ISA 62:4 · OET ISA 64:10

JER: OET JER 4:27 · OET JER 6:8 · OET JER 9:11 · OET JER 10:22 · OET JER 12:10–11 · OET JER 25:12 · OET JER 32:43 · OET JER 34:22 · OET JER 44:6 · OET JER 49:2 · OET JER 49:33 · OET JER 50:13 · OET JER 51:26 · OET JER 51:62

EZE: OET EZE 6:14 · OET EZE 12:20 · OET EZE 14:15–16 · OET EZE 15:8 · OET EZE 29:9–10 · OET EZE 29:12 · OET EZE 32:15 · OET EZE 33:28–29 · OET EZE 35:3–4 · OET EZE 35:7 · OET EZE 35:9 · OET EZE 35:14–15 · OET EZE 36:34

JOL: OET JOL 2:3 · OET JOL 2:20 · OET JOL 3:19

MIC: OET MIC 1:7 · OET MIC 7:13

ZEP: OET ZEP 1:13 · OET ZEP 2:4 · OET ZEP 2:9 · OET ZEP 2:13

MAL: OET MAL 1:3

Sense 2: horror

Semantic domains: Grieve (002001002013)

Core domains: Joy and Grief (093)

Definition: literally: desolation; hence: = causative process by which tragic circumstances cause humans to be in deep shock

Show passage in OET: EZE 7:27

OET-RV EZE 7:27

27 The king will mourn and the prince will be overcome by despair, while the hands of the country’s people will tremble in fear. I’ll do that to them just like they did to others. I’ll judge them by their own standards until they know that I am Yahweh.”

OET-LV EZE 7:27

27 The_king he _will _mourn and_the_prince he _will _wear desolation and_the _hands _of the _people _of the_earth/land they _will _be _terrified from_way _of_their I _will _deal with_them and_by_judgements _of_their I_will _judge _them and_they _will _know if/because _that I am_YHWH.

Show passage in OET: EZE 23:33

OET-RV EZE 23:33

33 You’ll be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, horror and devastation—the same suffering that your sister Shomron (Samaria) was made to drink.

OET-LV EZE 23:33

33 Drunkenness and_sorrow you _will _be _filled is_a _cup _of horror and_desolation the _cup _of your _sister _of_your Shomrōn.

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