שָׁמֵם

sha.mem · be desolate: destroyed

Hebrew · Strong's H8074 · Verb · Sounds like: shaw-mame' · 86 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • be desolate: destroyed H8074G 57
  • be desolate: appalled H8074H · a Meaning of 29

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense); make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[שָׁמֵם] vb. be desolated, appalled
Qal
1. be desolated
2. be appalled, awestruck
Niph.
1. be desolated
2. be appalled
Pō‛.
1. I sat appalled
2. transit. appalling, causing horror
Hiph.
1. devastate, ravage
2.
a. appal
b. inwardly trans., shewing horror
Hoph. all the days of (its) being desolate
Hithpō‛.
1. be appalled, astounded
2. cause oneself desolation, ruin

Every occurrence

  1. Psalms 40:15 יָ֭שֹׁמּוּ Ya.sho.mu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.

  2. Psalms 69:25 נְשַׁמָּ֑ה ne.sha.Mah · An -ing word: receiving the action

    Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.

  3. Psalms 79:7 הֵשַֽׁמּוּ׃ he.Sha.mu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.

  4. Psalms 143:4 יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם yish.to.Mem · An action: doing it to oneself, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

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