שֹׁמֵ֑ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שֹׁמֵ֑ם

   sho-MEM

   desolating
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 שִׁקּ֣וּץ שֹׁמֵ֑ם

   shi-KUTS sho-MEM

   an abomination desolating
3. clause🔊 וּמֵעֵת֙ הוּסַ֣ר הַתָּמִ֔יד וְלָתֵ֖ת שִׁקּ֣וּץ שֹׁמֵ֑ם

   oo-meh-ET hoo-SAR ha-ta-MID ve-la-TET shi-KUTS sho-MEM

   and from the time was removed the regular offering and to set up an abomination desolating
4. sentence🔊 וּמֵעֵת֙ הוּסַ֣ר הַתָּמִ֔יד וְלָתֵ֖ת שִׁקּ֣וּץ שֹׁמֵ֑ם יָמִ֕ים אֶ֖לֶף מָאתַ֥יִם וְתִשְׁעִֽים׃

   oo-meh-ET hoo-SAR ha-ta-MID ve-la-TET shi-KUTS sho-MEM ya-MIM E-lef maa-ah-TAH-yim veh-TISH-EEM

   and from the time was removed the regular offering and to set up an abomination desolating days a thousand two hundred and ninety

Exegesis

The conjunction links to ve-latet {וְלָתֵת | wə-lā-tēṯ} “and to set,” an infinitive construct indicating establishment of shikuts {שִׁקּוּץ | šiqqûṣ} “abomination,” further characterized by the Hiphil participle shomem {שֹׁמֵם | šō-mēm} “making desolate.”

Root and etymology

sh-m-m🔊 ש־מ־םshin-mem-mem

“to desolate, appall”

• 🔊 שְׁמָמָהshemamadesolationLeviticus 26:34