STRONGS NUMBER H4923


Word Summary
meshammah: devastation, waste, horror
Original Word: מְשַׁמָּה
Transliteration: meshammah
Phonetic Spelling: (mesh-am-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: devastation, waste, horror
Meaning: devastation, waste, horror
Strong's Concordance
astonishment, desolate

From shamem; a waste or amazement -- astonishment, desolate.

see HEBREW shamem

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4923. meshammah

מְשַׁמָּהnoun feminine = שַׁמָּה‎: — absolute

1 = devastation, waste, ׳וְנָתַתִּ וּמ שְׁמָמָה ׳אֶתהָֿאָרֶץEzekiel 6:14; 33:28, compare 33:29; 35:3, + 35:7a, see שְׁמָמָה‎; plural מְשַׁמּוֺת‎ Isaiah 15:16 = Jeremiah 48:34.

2 horror, וּמ ֗֗֗ חֶרְמָּה ׳וְהָֽיְתָהEzekiel 5:15.

שָׁמָּה‎ see שָׁם‎. שְׁמָמִית‎ see שְׂמָמִית‎.