שָׁמֵםshâmêm

Same root

• שָׁמֵםshâmêm · H8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
• שְׁמָמָהshᵉmâmâh · H8077devastation; figuratively, astonishment

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

• 2 Samuel 13:20 Her brother Absalom saw her and asked, “Is it true that Amnon has been with you? Well, my sister, keep quiet for now, since he’s your brother. Don’t you worry about it.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in her brother Absalom’s house.
• Jeremiah 12:11 They have made it an empty wasteland; I hear its mournful cry. The whole land is desolate, and no one even cares.
• Lamentations 1:13 “He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones. He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back. He has left me devastated, racked with sickness all day long.
• Lamentations 3:11 He has dragged me off the path and torn me in pieces, leaving me helpless and devastated.
• Ezekiel 36:4 Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. He speaks to the hills and mountains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long-deserted cities that have been destroyed and mocked by the surrounding nations.
• Daniel 9:17 “O our God, hear your servant’s prayer! Listen as I plead. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary.