Ezekiel 14:15:7Ezek.14.15.W7TAB
שְׁמָמָה֙
shemama
“a desolation”
- Transliteration
- she-ma-MA
- Extended
- sheh-maa-MAA
- IPA
- /ʃəmaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a desolation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-ma-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA mi-be-LI o-VER mi-pe-NE ha-kha-YA
- sentence
lu-kha-YA ra-A a-a-VEER ba-A-rets ve-shi-ke-LA-ta ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA mi-be-LI o-VER mi-pe-NE ha-kha-YA
Exegesis
The Piel perfect ve-shiklāttā {וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה | wə-šik-kə-lā-tāh} ‘and it bereaves’ signals complete annihilation of inhabitants, leading to the Qal perfect ve-haytāh shemamah {וְהָיְתָ֤ה שְׁמָמָה֙ | wə-hā-yə-ṯāh šə-mā-māh} ‘and it becomes desolation’.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־מ
“to be desolate”
In context — Ezekiel 14:15
If I cause an evil beast to pass through the land and it bereaves it , and it becomes desolate with no one passing through because of the beast .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 14:15, so the Hebrew word שְׁמָמָה֙ (shemama) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.14.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.15.W7.S1) and character.