Word Study · Strong's H4923 · Hebrew
מְשַׁמָּה
meshammah
mesh-am-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉshammâh
“a waste or amazement”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a waste or amazement
Rendered in the KJV as
astonishment, desolate.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וּמְשַׁמָּ֔ה3
- וּמְשַׁמָּה֙1
- וּמְשַׁמָּֽה׃1
- לִמְשַׁמּ֖וֹת1
- מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת1
How it is rendered · 4
- and a waste4
- and a horror1
- into wastes1
- wastes1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular5
- noun · feminine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncfsa · 5
- HNcfpa · 1
- HR/Ncfpa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 5:15וּמְשַׁמָּ֔הumeshamahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularSo you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.here: and a horror
- Ezekiel 6:14וּמְשַׁמָּה֙umeshamahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularI will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”here: and a waste
- Ezekiel 33:28וּמְשַׁמָּ֔הumeshamahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularI will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.here: and a waste
- Ezekiel 33:29וּמְשַׁמָּ֔הumeshamahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularThen they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’here: and a waste
- Ezekiel 35:3וּמְשַׁמָּֽה׃umeshamahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularand declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.here: and a waste