שׁמם (shmm) — to be desolate / to become desolate / to be deserted

Notes: Passage: OET DAN 8:13
RSV NRSV ESV "that makes desolate" NIV "that causes desolation" REB "cause desolation" = [1b] | NJPS "forsaken" = [1d] | NJB "horrifying" GNT "awful" CEV "horrible" = [1f]; Passage: OET ECC 7:16
NJPS "you may be dumbfounded | RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB CEV ESV "(why ...) destroy yourself?" GNT "(why) kill yourself?"; Passage: OET JOB 16:7
NJB "struck with horror" | RSV NRSV ESV "he has made desolate" NIV "have devastated" NJPS CEV "have destroyed"

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Sense 1: to be desolate, to become desolate, to be deserted

Semantic domains: Non-Contain (002002001004)

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

Forms: vbqal-; vbhof-

Show passage in OET: LEV 26:34

OET-RV LEV 26:34

34 and the land will enjoy all its rest times while it’s desolate and you’re all in your enemies’ countries. The land will stop producing and enjoy its times of resting.

OET-LV LEV 26:34

34 Then the_earth/land it _will _accept DOM sabbaths _of_its all _of the _days _of its _being _made _desolate and_you(pl) in_land your(pl)_enemies _of_your(pl) then the_earth/land it _will _cease and_it _will _accept DOM sabbaths _of_its.

Show passage in OET: LEV 26:35

OET-RV LEV 26:35

35 It will rest all through its desolation since it didn’t get its rest times when you lived on it.

OET-LV LEV 26:35

35 All _of the _days _of its _being _made _desolate it _will _cease DOM which not it _ceased in_sabbaths _of_your(pl) when_dwelt_you(pl) on_it.

Jump to OET LEV 26:34 section.

Jump to OET LEV 26:35 section.

All 17 recorded passages for this sense

LEV: OET LEV 26:34–35 · OET LEV 26:43

PSA: OET PSA 69:25

ISA: OET ISA 49:8 · OET ISA 49:19 · OET ISA 61:4

LAM: OET LAM 1:4 · OET LAM 1:16 · OET LAM 3:11

EZE: OET EZE 33:28 · OET EZE 35:12 · OET EZE 35:15 · OET EZE 36:4

DAN: OET DAN 9:18 · OET DAN 9:26–27

Sense 2: to make desolate, to lay waste

Semantic domains: Non-Contain (002002001004)

Definition: = causative process or action by which humans or deities cause an area to become empty as a result of destruction and depopulation

Forms: vbhif-; vbnif- (passive)

Show passage in OET: LEV 26:22

OET-RV LEV 26:22

22 Then I’ll send in the wild animals to make you childless and to cut back your livestock, thus diminishing your numbers and leaving your roads desolate.

OET-LV LEV 26:22

22 And_I _will _send among_you(pl) DOM the _animal[s]_of the_field and_it _will _make _childless you(pl) and_it _will _cut _off DOM livestock _of_your(pl) and_it _will _diminish you(pl) and_ roads _of_your(pl) _they _will _be _desolate.

Show passage in OET: LEV 26:31

OET-RV LEV 26:31

31 I’ll make your cities into heaps of rubble and I’ll devastate your sanctuaries and no longer smell the pleasing aromas of your sacrifices.

OET-LV LEV 26:31

31 And_I _will _make DOM cities _of_your(pl) a _waste _place and_I _will _devastate DOM sanctuaries _of_your(pl) and_not I _will _smell (in)_the_odour _of your _soothing _of_your(pl).

Jump to OET LEV 26:22 section.

Jump to OET LEV 26:31 section.

All 28 recorded passages for this sense

LEV: OET LEV 26:22 · OET LEV 26:31–32

NUM: OET NUM 21:30

PSA: OET PSA 79:7

ISA: OET ISA 33:8 · OET ISA 54:3

JER: OET JER 10:25 · OET JER 12:11 · OET JER 33:10

EZE: OET EZE 6:4 · OET EZE 25:3 · OET EZE 29:12 · OET EZE 30:7 · OET EZE 30:12 · OET EZE 30:14 · OET EZE 32:15 · OET EZE 36:34–36

DAN: OET DAN 8:13

HOS: OET HOS 2:12

JOL: OET JOL 1:17

AMO: OET AMO 7:9 · OET AMO 9:14

MIC: OET MIC 6:13

ZEP: OET ZEP 3:6

ZEC: OET ZEC 7:14

Sense 3: desolate woman

Semantic domains: Dissociate (002003002010)

Core domains: Relationship (142)

Definition: literally: to be desolate; hence: = state in which humans find themselves alone and without people around them to give them support and purpose

Forms: vbqal-; vbnif-

Show passage in OET: SA2 13:20

OET-RV SA2 13:20

20 Her brother Avshalom (Absalom) asked her, “Did your half-brother Amnon mess with you? But now, my sister, don’t tell anyone since he’s your brother and don’t let it upset you.” So Tamar lived in a state of desolation in her brother Avshalom’s house.

OET-LV SA2 13:20

20 And_he/it _said to_her/it ʼAⱱīshālōm brother _of_her ʼAmnōn brother _of_your has _he _been with_you and_now my _sister _of_my keep _silent brother _of_is_your he do _not set DOM heart _of_your to_the _message/thing/matter the_this and_ Tāmār _she _dwelt (and)_a_desolate_woman the _house _of ʼAⱱīshālōm brother _of_her.

Show passage in OET: ISA 54:1

OET-RV ISA 54:1

54 Sing happily you barren women who has never given birth.
⇔ Break into a cheery song and celebrate, you who’ve never been in labour,
⇔ because the desolate woman now has more children than the married woman did says Yahweh.

OET-LV ISA 54:1

54 Shout _for _joy Oh _barren_woman who_not she _has _given _birth break _forth a _shout _of _joy and_cry _aloud Oh_one _who_not she _has _been _in _labour if/because are_many the_children _of a _desolate_woman from_(the)_sons a _married_woman YHWH he _says.

Jump to OET SA2 13:20 section.

Jump to OET ISA 54:1 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

SA2: OET SA2 13:20

ISA: OET ISA 54:1

LAM: OET LAM 4:5

Sense 4: to be abandoned

Semantic domains: End (002003003009)

Definition: exact meaning unknown; literally: to be made desolate; hence, possibly: = causative action by which a common practice is discontinued

Forms: vbqal-

Show passage in OET: DAN 8:13

OET-RV DAN 8:13

13 Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to that particular one who was speaking, “How long until this vision about the regular burnt offering will be fulfilled, and about the transgression that makes desolate, the giving over of the sanctuary and the army to be trampled on?”

OET-LV DAN 8:13

13 And_I_heard one holy_one speaking and_ one holy_one _he/it _said to_one who_was_speaking until when will_be_the _vision the _perpetual_offering and_the_transgression which_desolates to _give _over and_the_sanctuary and_an _army a _trampling _place.

Jump to OET DAN 8:13 section.

Sense 5: to be appalled

Semantic domains: Grieve (002001002013)

Core domains: Joy and Grief (093)

Definition: literally: to be desolate; hence: = state in which humans are in deep shock as a result of tragic circumstances

Forms: vbqal-; vbhif-; vbhit-; vbnif-; vbpiel; vbetpa

Show passage in OET: LEV 26:32

OET-RV LEV 26:32

32 I’ll devastate the region, and your enemies who live in it will be appalled.

OET-LV LEV 26:32

32 And_ I _I _will _devastate DOM the_earth/land and_they _will _be _appalled on/upon_it(f) enemies _of_your(pl) who_dwell in_it.

Show passage in OET: KI1 9:8

OET-RV KI1 9:8

8 As this temple is on a hill and very visible, everyone who passes anywhere nearby will see it and will be appalled and will hiss and they’ll say, ‘What did the people do that was so bad that Yahweh did that to this country and to this temple?’

OET-LV KI1 9:8

8 And_the_house the_this it _will _be most _high every _of one _who_passes _by on/upon/above_him/it he _will _be _appalled and_he _will _hiss and_people _will _say concerning what YHWH did _he _do thus to_land (the)_this and_to_house (the)_this.

Jump to OET LEV 26:32 section.

Jump to OET KI1 9:8 section.

All 30 recorded passages for this sense

LEV: OET LEV 26:32

KI1: OET KI1 9:8

CH2: OET CH2 7:21

EZR: OET EZR 9:3–4

JOB: OET JOB 17:8 · OET JOB 18:20 · OET JOB 21:5

PSA: OET PSA 40:15 · OET PSA 143:4

ECC: OET ECC 7:16

ISA: OET ISA 52:14 · OET ISA 59:16 · OET ISA 63:5

JER: OET JER 2:12 · OET JER 4:9 · OET JER 18:16 · OET JER 19:8 · OET JER 49:17 · OET JER 49:20 · OET JER 50:13 · OET JER 50:45

LAM: OET LAM 1:13

EZE: OET EZE 3:15 · OET EZE 4:17 · OET EZE 26:16 · OET EZE 27:35 · OET EZE 28:19

DAN: OET DAN 4:19 · OET DAN 8:27

Sense 6: to cause to be appalled

Semantic domains: Grieve (002001002013)

Core domains: Joy and Grief (093)

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

Forms: vbhif-

Show passage in OET: SA1 5:6

OET-RV SA1 5:6

6 Yahweh caused a lot of trouble for the people of Ashdod and he terrified them. He caused them and the people in the region to get lumpy growths on their skin.

OET-LV SA1 5:6