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מַשּׁוּאָה

mashua · ruin

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4876 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

mashua (מַשּׁוּאָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ruin”.

A devastated place.

How to say it

ma·shu·a

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The rubble of what was destroyed, ruins.
  2. Deceptions that make whoever follows them fall.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • Psalms 73:18

    Surely in slippery places you set them; you make them fall into ruins.

  • Psalms 74:3

    Lift up your footsteps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has damaged everything in the holy place.