הָשַּׁמָּ/ה֙ — 2 Chronicles 36:21 Hebrew Word Study

הָשַּׁמָּ/ה֙

𐤄𐤔𐤌/𐤄

hashamah

of the desolation

a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense); make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.

H8074

2 Chronicles 36:21 · Word #13

Lexicon `H8074`

Lemma	שָׁמֵם
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤔𐤌𐤌
Transliteration	shâmêm
Strong's	H8074
In-context	of the desolation

Morphology `HVHc/Sp3fs` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`V` — Verb — An action or state
Binyan	`H` — Hophal — Causative passive
Conjugation	`c` — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...")

SIBI-P1 `H8074-02`

her desolation

Root	שׁמם (sh-m-m)
Core Meanings	desolation, devastation, stupefaction, stunned ruin, waste
Semantic Range	desolation, devastation, ruined condition, stunned silence, appalled state, wasteland
Conceptual Significance	This term often describes the aftermath of divine judgment—cities, lands, or peoples left in stunned ruin. It conveys not only physical devastation but also the shock and horror accompanying covenantal breach and its consequences.
Morphological Notes	Feminine singular noun (likely a noun of state from the root שׁמם) with 3fs pronominal suffix; the prefixed ה is part of the nominal form rather than the definite article in this construction.
Rendering Rationale	The noun derives from the root שׁמם, conveying the state of being devastated or left stunned and ruined. The morphology indicates a feminine singular noun with a 3rd feminine singular pronominal suffix, which is accurately reflected in the rendering "her desolation."

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root שׁמם (desolation, devastation, stupefaction, stunned ruin, waste)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H8078-01`	beshimamon	in desolating-astonishment
`H8074-01`	haneshamah	the desolation
`H8074-03`	heshamu	they have caused to be desolate
`H8047-01`	leshamah	for a desolation
`H8077-01`	leshimemah	for a desolation
`H8077-02`	lishemamah	to a desolation
`H8074-04`	mashemim	one causing desolation
`H8074-05`	meshomem	one laying-waste
`H8074-06`	nashamah	she has been laid desolate
`H8074-07`	nashamu	they have been laid desolate
`H8074-08`	neshamot	desolated (feminine plural)
`H8060-01`	shamay	Desolating-One
`H8049-01`	shamehut	Desolation (masculine personal name)
`H8074-09`	shamemu	they lay desolate
`H8047-02`	shamot	desolations
`H8077-03`	shemamah	a desolated waste
	sheshamem	he lay desolated
`H8077-04`	shimemot	desolations of
`H8074-10`	shmmh	she lay desolated
`H8074-11`	shomem	one lying desolate
`H8074-12`	shomemah	lying desolate
	shomemim	desolated ones
`H8074-13`	shomemot	desolated ones
`H8047-03`	uleshamah	and into a desolation
`H4923-01`	umeshamah	and a desolation
`H8077-05`	ushemamah	and a desolation
`H8074-14`	vahashimoti	and I caused to become desolate
`H8074-15`	venashamu	and they were desolated
`H8074-16`	veshamemu	and they will be desolated
`H8074-17`	yashim	he will cause to be desolate
`H8074-18`	yashomu	they will be desolated
`H8074-19`	yishom	he will become desolate

Word Usage (86 occurrences of H8074)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Leviticus 26:22	וְ/נָשַׁ֖מּוּ	venashamu	and be desolate
Leviticus 26:31	וַ/הֲשִׁמּוֹתִ֖י	vahashimoti	and-I-will-make-desolate
Leviticus 26:32	וַ/הֲשִׁמֹּתִ֥י	vahashimoti	and-I-will-lay-waste
Leviticus 26:32	וְ/שָֽׁמְמ֤וּ	veshamemu	and-they-will-be-appalled
Leviticus 26:34	הֳשַׁמָּ֔/ה	hoshamah	of desolation
Leviticus 26:35	הָשַּׁמָּ֖/ה	hashamah	that it is desolate
Leviticus 26:43	בָּ/הְשַׁמָּ/ה֙	baheshamah	in-its-desolation
Numbers 21:30	וַ/נַּשִּׁ֣ים	vanashim	we have laid waste
1 Samuel 5:6	וַ/יְשִׁמֵּ֑/ם	vayeshimem	and he devastated them
1 Kings 9:8	יִשֹּׁ֣ם	yishom	will-be-appalled
Isaiah 33:8	נָשַׁ֣מּוּ	nashamu	are desolate
Isaiah 49:8	שֹׁמֵמֽוֹת	shomemot	desolate
Isaiah 49:19	וְ/שֹׁ֣מְמֹתַ֔יִ/ךְ	veshomemotayikhe	and your desolate places
Isaiah 52:14	שָׁמְמ֤וּ	shamemu	were appalled
Isaiah 54:1	שׁוֹמֵמָ֛ה	shomemah	the desolate
Isaiah 54:3	נְשַׁמּ֖וֹת	neshamot	desolate
Isaiah 59:16	וַ/יִּשְׁתּוֹמֵ֖ם	vayishetomem	and was astonished
Isaiah 61:4	שֹׁמְמ֥וֹת	shomemot	desolations
Isaiah 61:4	שֹׁמְמ֖וֹת	shomemot-2	desolations
Isaiah 63:5	וְ/אֶשְׁתּוֹמֵ֖ם	veeshetomem	and-I-was-appalled
Jeremiah 2:12	שֹׁ֥מּוּ	shomu	be appalled
Jeremiah 4:9	וְ/נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙	venashamu	and they will be appalled
Jeremiah 10:25	הֵשַֽׁמּוּ	heshamu	they have laid waste
Jeremiah 12:11	נָשַׁ֨מָּה֙	nashamah	it gasps
Jeremiah 18:16	יִשֹּׁ֖ם	yishom	will be appalled
Jeremiah 19:8	יִשֹּׁ֥ם	yishom	will be astonished
Jeremiah 33:10	הַֽ/נְשַׁמּ֗וֹת	haneshamot	the-desolate
Jeremiah 49:17	יִשֹּׁ֥ם	yishom	will be appalled
Jeremiah 49:20	יַשִּׁ֛ים	yashim	He will make desolate
Jeremiah 50:13	יִשֹּׁ֥ם	yishom	will be horrified
Jeremiah 50:45	יַשִּׁ֛ים	yashim	He will make
Ezekiel 3:15	מַשְׁמִ֥ים	mashemim	stunned
Ezekiel 4:17	וְ/נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙	venashamu	and they will be appalled
Ezekiel 6:4	וְ/נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙	venashamu	and your altars will be desolated
Ezekiel 14:8	וַ/הֲשִֽׂמֹתִ֨י/הוּ֙	vahasimotihu	and-I-will-make-him
Ezekiel 20:26	אֲשִׁמֵּ֔/ם	ashimem	I might devastate them
Ezekiel 25:3	נָשַׁ֔מָּה	nashamah	it-was-desolated
Ezekiel 26:16	וְ/שָׁמְמ֖וּ	veshamemu	and they will be appalled
Ezekiel 27:35	שָׁמְמ֖וּ	shamemu	are appalled
Ezekiel 28:19	שָׁמְמ֖וּ	shamemu	are appalled
Ezekiel 29:12	נְשַׁמּ֗וֹת	neshamot	desolated
Ezekiel 30:7	וְ/נָשַׁ֕מּוּ	venashamu	and they will be desolate
Ezekiel 30:7	נְשַׁמּ֑וֹת	neshamot	desolated
Ezekiel 30:12	וַ/הֲשִׁמֹּתִ֞י	vahashimoti	and I will make desolate
Ezekiel 30:14	וַ/הֲשִׁמֹּתִי֙	vahashimoti	and I will make desolate
Ezekiel 32:10	וַ/הֲשִׁמּוֹתִ֨י	vahashimoti	And I will make appalled
Ezekiel 32:15	וּ/נְשַׁמָּ֗ה	uneshamah	and waste
Ezekiel 33:28	וְ/שָֽׁמְמ֛וּ	veshamemu	and-they-will-be-desolate
Ezekiel 35:12	שממה	shmmh	desolate
Ezekiel 35:12	שָׁמֵ֑מוּ	shamemu	they are desolate
Ezekiel 35:15	שָׁמֵ֖מָה	shamemah	it was desolate
Ezekiel 36:3	שַׁמּוֹת֩	shamot	desolations
Ezekiel 36:34	הַ/נְּשַׁמָּ֖ה	haneshamah	the desolate
Ezekiel 36:35	הַ/נְּשַׁמָּ֔ה	haneshamah	that was desolate
Ezekiel 36:35	וְ/הַֽ/נְשַׁמּ֥וֹת	vehaneshamot	and the desolate
Ezekiel 36:36	הַ/נְּשַׁמָּ֑ה	haneshamah	the-desolate
Hosea 2:14	וַ/הֲשִׁמֹּתִ֗י	vahashimoti	and-I-will-devastate
Joel 1:17	נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙	nashamu	are desolate
Amos 7:9	וְ/נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙	venashamu	and will be desolate
Amos 9:14	נְשַׁמּוֹת֙	neshamot	ruined
Micah 6:13	הַשְׁמֵ֖ם	hashemem	making desolate
Zephaniah 3:6	נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙	nashamu	are desolate
Psalms 40:16	יָ֭שֹׁמּוּ	yashomu	let them be ashamed
Psalms 69:26	נְשַׁמָּ֑ה	neshamah	desolate
Psalms 79:7	הֵשַֽׁמּוּ	heshamu	they have laid waste
Psalms 143:4	יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם	yishetomem	is appalled
Job 16:7	הֲ֝שִׁמּ֗וֹתָ	hashimota	you have made desolate
Job 17:8	יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ	yashomu	are appalled
Job 18:20	נָשַׁ֣מּוּ	nashamu	are appalled
Job 21:5	וְ/הָשַׁ֑מּוּ	vehashamu	and be appalled
Lamentations 1:4	שֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔ין	shomemin	desolate
Lamentations 1:16	שֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔ים	shomemim	desolate
Lamentations 4:5	נָשַׁ֖מּוּ	nashamu	are desolate
Lamentations 5:18	שֶׁ/שָּׁמֵ֔ם	sheshamem	which is desolate
Ecclesiastes 7:16	תִּשּׁוֹמֵֽם	tishomem
Daniel 8:13	שֹׁמֵ֔ם	shomem	of desolation
Daniel 8:27	וָ/אֶשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם	vaeshetomem	and I was appalled
Daniel 9:26	שֹׁמֵמֽוֹת	shomemot	desolations
Daniel 9:27	מְשֹׁמֵ֔ם	meshomem	the desolator
Daniel 9:27	שֹׁמֵֽם	shomem	desolator
Daniel 11:31	מְשׁוֹמֵֽם	meshomem	that maketh desolate
Daniel 12:11	שֹׁמֵ֑ם	shomem	of desolation
Ezra 9:3	מְשׁוֹמֵֽם	meshomem	appalled
Ezra 9:4	מְשׁוֹמֵ֔ם	meshomem	appalled
2 Chronicles 7:21	יִשֹּׁ֑ם	yishom	will be astonished
2 Chronicles 36:21	הָשַּׁמָּ/ה֙	hashamah	of the desolation

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Lexicon H8074

Morphology HVHc/Sp3fs All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H8074-02

Words from Root שׁמם (desolation, devastation, stupefaction, stunned ruin, waste)

Word Usage (86 occurrences of H8074)

Lexicon `H8074`

Morphology `HVHc/Sp3fs` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H8074-02`