Hebrew adjective · H8076
שָׁמֵם
shamemshaw-mame'
devastated
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâmêm
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8076is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8076
ruined
The King James renders it: desolate.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shamem is rendered "devastated". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Lamentations, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 13:20Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
2 Samuel 13:20וְשֹׁ֣מֵמָ֔ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Lamentations.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- desolate2
- the desolate2
- and a desolate1
- into a desolation1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁמַע | shama | to hear: hear | Uses1,159 |
| שָׁמַר | shamar | to keep: obey | Uses468 |
| שָׁמַיִם | shamayim | heaven | Uses421 |
| שָׁמַד | shamad | to destroy | Uses90 |
| שָׁמֵם | shamem | be desolate: destroyed | Uses86 |
| שָׁמַיִן | shamayin | heaven | Uses38 |
| שָׁמִיר | shamir | thorn | Uses11 |
| שָׁמֵן | shamen | rich | Uses10 |
| שָׁמַט | shamat | to release | Uses9 |
| שָׁמַן | shaman | to grow fat | Uses5 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַשָּׁמֵ֑ם1
- הַשֹּֽׁמְמוֹת֙1
- וְשֹׁ֣מֵמָ֔ה1
- לִשְׁמָמָ֔ה1
- שֹׁמֵֽם׃1
- שֹֽׁמֵמָ֔ה1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular1HC/Vqrfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular1HTd/Aamsa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine plural1HTd/Vqrfpa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular1HVqrfsa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HVqrmsa
2 Samuel
one use
Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
- וְשֹׁ֣מֵמָ֔הveshomemahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: and a desolate
Jeremiah
one use
They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.
- לִשְׁמָמָ֔הlishmamahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a desolation
Lamentations
two uses
He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
- שֹֽׁמֵמָ֔הshomemahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: desolate
He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
- שֹׁמֵֽם׃shomemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: desolate
Ezekiel
one use
therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.
- הַשֹּֽׁמְמוֹת֙hashomemotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: the desolate
Daniel
one use
So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
- הַשָּׁמֵ֑םhashamemthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the desolate
The letters
Gematria 380· 940 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.