she.de.mah denotes a field or tract of land, often named with crops, places, or boundaries.

The term denotes fields or tracts of land: agricultural ground associated with vines, figs, olives, and produce, as well as land identified by places or boundaries. Its forms occur in construct relationships such as the fields of Gomorrah and the fields of Heshbon, and in absolute references to fields that fail to produce or are included within a declared holy area.

1. Fields and tracts of land · dominant

   The plural forms identify land associated with cultivation or named locations: in Deuteronomy 32:32 the APB renders “the fields of Gomorrah,” and in Isaiah 16:8, “the fields of Heshbon.” In Habakkuk 3:17 the APB renders fields that “do not produce food,” while Jeremiah 31:40 includes “all the fields” within a bounded area; Isaiah 37:27 also places the singular form in an image of vegetation, grass, and standing grain.

   2 Kings 23:4Deuteronomy 32:32Habakkuk 3:17Isaiah 16:8Isaiah 37:27Jeremiah 31:40

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB consistently presents the term with “fields,” including possessive expressions such as “the fields of Gomorrah” and “the fields of Heshbon.” In Isaiah 37:27 it uses singular “a field”.