sha.dad describes bringing places, people, or possessions to devastation, and can also name a destroyer.

The term is used for devastation that leaves cities, strongholds, lands, households, and peoples broken or laid waste; its active participial forms also occur in clauses that identify a destroyer or destroyers who come against others.

1. Devastation of places, peoples, and property · dominant

   Passive forms describe the condition of what has been devastated: in Isaiah 15:1 the APB renders Ar and Kir of Moab as "ruined in the night and ceased," and in Jeremiah 10:20 it renders a tent as "ruined" with its cords torn. The same outcome is applied to a field and its produce in Joel 1:10, to Moab in Jeremiah 48:15, and to the splendor and pride of the Jordan in Zechariah 11:3. Active participial forms occur in clauses about a destroyer or destroyers coming against cities, lands, or peoples, as in Jeremiah 48:8 and Jeremiah 51:56.

   Isaiah 15:1Jeremiah 10:20Joel 1:10Jeremiah 48:15Jeremiah 48:8Jeremiah 51:56

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the outcome with "ruined," "devastated," or "laid waste," while participial clauses are rendered with "destroyer" or "destroyers." These renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent for every form.