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šammā שַׁמָּה ‘horror’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šāmēm שָׁמֵם ‘be desolate’
Roots: שׁמם

šammā n, f
1) waste, horror, appalment
 1a) a waste (of land, city, etc)
 1b) appalment, horror

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 28:37 2 Kings 22:19 Isaiah 5:9, 13:9, 24:12 Jeremiah 50:3, 51:43, 49:17, 29:18, 50:23, 51:41, 4:7, 44:22, 46:19, 48:9, 51:29, 51:37, 25:9, 42:18, 44:12, 25:11, 25:38, 2:15, 5:30, 18:16, 19:8, 25:18, 49:13, 8:21 Ezekiel 23:33 Hosea 5:9 Joel 1:7 Micah 6:16 Zephaniah 2:15 Zechariah 7:14 Psalms 73:19, 46:9 2 Chronicles 30:7, 29:8

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