Lexicon
שִֽׁמְמָה
shi.me.mah
H8077B
H:N-F Hebrew

desolation

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shi.me.mah denotes the ruined condition imposed on Mount Seir in Ezekiel 35:7.

The sole attested use names the ruined condition that Mount Seir is to become under the stated judgment in Ezekiel 35:7.

Senses in use

  1. A place made ruined · dominant

    In Ezekiel 35:7, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the declaration that Mount Seir will be made into this condition; the APB renders the clause, “I will make Mount Seir a desolation and a devastation.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 35:7, the APB presents the clause as making Mount Seir “a desolation and a devastation.” The precise contribution of the noun cannot be separated from the paired wording.

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