Senses
1. devastation, desolation — Devastation, waste, or desolation, synonymous with שַׁמָּה. Describes the ruined state of land or places as a result of divine judgment. Used in Ezekiel for the devastation of Israel's land (Ezek 6:14; 33:28-29; 35:3) and in Ezekiel 5:15 with the nuance of horror or appalment caused by such ruin. Also in Isaiah 15:6 for desolate places and Jeremiah 48:34 for coming desolations. The range extends from the concrete physical ruin to the shock and dismay it produces in witnesses. 7×
AR["خَرَائِبَ","لِلدَّمَارِ","وَ-دَهْشَةً","وَ-مُقْفِرَةً","وَمُقْفِرَةً"]·ben["আর-শূন্যতা","ও-জনশূন্য।","ও-বিস্ময়","ও-শূন্য","ধ্বংস-স্থান","ধ্বংসস্থানের-জন্য"]·DE["[למשמות]","[משמות]","und-Entsetzen"]·EN["and-devastation","and-horror","and-waste","desolations","for-desolations"]·FR["[למשמות]","[משמות]","et-désolation"]·heb["ו-משמה","ל-משמות","משמות"]·HI["उजाड़","और-उजाड़","और-बसने-वाला","और-वीरानी","के-लिए-वीरानी"]·ID["dan-kengerian","dan-kesunyian","dan-sepi","dan-sepi,","dan-tandus","menjadi-ketandusan","sunyi-senyap"]·IT["[למשמות]","[משמות]","e-desolazione"]·jav["dados-sepen","lan-gempang","lan-kaélokaning","lan-risak","suwung"]·KO["그리고-놀라움이","그리고-황량함으로","그리고-황무로","황폐로-","황폐하게-"]·PT["desolações","e-assolamento","e-devastação","e-horror","para-desolação"]·RU["в-опустошение","и-опустошением","и-опустошённой","и-ужасом","опустошением"]·ES["desoladas","en-desolación","y-desolada,","y-desolada.","y-devastada","y-horror"]·SW["maangamizi","na-maangamizi","na-mshangao","na-uharibifu","ukiwa"]·TR["-için-viraneler","ve-viran","ve-ıssızlık","ve-şaşkınlık","viraneler"]·urd["اور-اجڑا","و-اجاڑ","و-حیرت","ویران","ویرانی"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מְשַׁמָּה n.f. = שַׁמָּה;—abs. 1. = devastation, waste, וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ שְׁמָמָה וּמ׳ Ez 6:14; 33:28, cf. v 29 35:3, + 35:7a, v. שְׁמָמָה" dir="rtl" >שְׁמָמָה; pl. מְשַׁמּוֹת Is 15:6 = Je 48:34. 2. horror, וְהָֽיְתָה חֶרְפָּה … וּמ׳ Ez 5:15.