she.iy.yah denotes the ruined condition remaining within a city after devastation.

The term denotes a ruined condition remaining in a city after devastation, as the clause in Isaiah 24:12 places it alongside the city's crushed gate.

1. Ruined condition left in a city · dominant

   In Isaiah 24:12, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause describing what remains in the city while its gate is crushed. The APB renders the verse, "Desolation remains in the city, and its gate is crushed amid ruin," confirming a scene of urban devastation without securely isolating a single English equivalent for the term.

   Isaiah 24:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 24:12, the APB presents the city's devastation with "Desolation" and "ruin." Its precise English rendering of this noun cannot be isolated with certainty.