שָׁמֵם
shamem · desolate
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8076 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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shamem (שָׁמֵם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “desolate”.
Ruined; of a person, abandoned and without comfort.
How to say it
sha·mem
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
- Ruined, empty of people; forsaken and without comfort.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 13:20
Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? Now then, my sister, keep quiet; he is your brother. Do not set your heart on this matter.” So Tamar lived, desolate, in the house of Absalom her brother.
- Jeremiah 12:11
They have made it a desolation; it mourns before me, desolate; desolate is all the land, for there is no man who takes it to heart.
- Lamentations 1:13
From on high he sent fire into my bones, and it ruled over them; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has made me desolate, faint all the day.
- Lamentations 3:11
My ways he has turned aside and has torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.
- Ezekiel 36:4
therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of Adonai YHWH: Thus says Adonai YHWH to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, and to the desolate ruins and to the abandoned cities that have become booty and mockery to the rest of the nations that are all around,
- Daniel 9:17
And now, listen, our Elohim, to the prayer of your servant and to his supplications, and make your face shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the sake of Adonai.