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šōʾ שׁוֹאAravage, Bdevastation’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to rush over
Variants: שׁוֹאָה, שׁוֹא

šōʾ An, m Bn, f
A1) ravage
B1) devastation, ruin, waste
 1a) devastation, ruin
 1b) ruin, waste (of land)

Mentioned in Isaiah 10:3, 47:11 Ezekiel 38:9 Zephaniah 1:15 Psalms 35:17, 63:10, 35:8 Proverbs 3:25 Job 30:3, 30:14, 38:27

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