† שְׁאִיָּה n.f. ruin;—Is 24:12 (late). H7591
ruin, desolation, devastation
This noun means ruin or desolation, appearing in Isaiah 24:12, a late oracle depicting universal devastation: 'In the city is left desolation, and the gate is battered into ruin.' The term emphasizes the aftermath—not the destroying but the state of being destroyed. Isaiah 24's apocalyptic vision presents comprehensive collapse, and this word captures the endpoint: emptiness, wreckage, the stillness after catastrophe. The conjunction links this ruin to the broader scene of destruction.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Isaiah 24:12 describes the ruined city's condition: 'In the city is left desolation, and the gate is battered into ruin.' Spanish 'y ruina' (and ruin) preserves the conjunction connecting this to the previous devastation. The term denotes the post-destruction state—the silence and emptiness after calamity. In Isaiah 24's cosmic judgment scene, this ruin is not one city's fate but representative of universal collapse. The battered gate particularly symbolizes failed defense, the city's protective boundary now rubble. 1×
AR["وَدَمَارٌ"]·ben["ও-বিনাশ"]·DE["[ושאיה]"]·EN["and-ruin"]·FR["[ושאיה]"]·heb["ו-שאיה"]·HI["और-खंडहर"]·ID["dan-kerusakan"]·IT["[ושאיה]"]·jav["lan-rusak"]·KO["그리고-파괴로"]·PT["e-ruína"]·RU["и-разрушением"]·ES["y-ruina"]·SW["na-maangamizi"]·TR["ve-harabeye"]·urd["اور-تباہی"]
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שְׁאִיָּה n.f. ruin;—Is 24:12 (late).