שְׁמָמָהshᵉmâmâh

Meanings

Same root

• שָׁמֵםshâmêm · H8076ruined

Where it appears

Appears 57 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 23:29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals would multiply and threaten you.
• Leviticus 26:33 I will scatter you among the nations and bring out my sword against you. Your land will become desolate, and your cities will lie in ruins.
• Joshua 8:28 So Joshua burned the town of Ai, and it became a permanent mound of ruins, desolate to this very day.
• Isaiah 1:7 Your country lies in ruins, and your towns are burned. Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes and destroy everything they see.
• Isaiah 6:11 Then I said, “Lord, how long will this go on?” And he replied, “Until their towns are empty, their houses are deserted, and the whole country is a wasteland;
• Isaiah 17:9 Their largest cities will be like a deserted forest, like the land the Hivites and Amorites abandoned when the Israelites came here so long ago. It will be utterly desolate.