me.sho.ah denotes a devastated or desolate condition, applied to barren land and a day marked by ruin.

The attested use describes a condition of devastation or desolation: in Job it characterizes deprived, waste ground, while Zephaniah applies it to a day of distress and ruin.

1. Devastated or desolate condition · dominant

   All three occurrences use a common feminine singular absolute noun in scenes of deprivation or ruin. In Job 30:3 the APB renders the setting as being “amid devastation and desolation”; in Job 38:27 it speaks of “the waste and desolate land”; and in Zephaniah 1:15 it includes “a day of devastation and desolation” among descriptions of that day.

   Job 30:3Job 38:27Zephaniah 1:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding clauses with “devastation and desolation” in Job 30:3 and Zephaniah 1:15, and with “waste and desolate land” in Job 38:27. These phrases show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent for the term.