Ezekiel 14:16:17Ezek.14.16.W17TAB
שְׁמָמָֽה׃
shemama
“desolation or desolate”
- Transliteration
- she-ma-MA
- Extended
- sheh-maa-MAA
- IPA
- /ʃəmaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- desolation or desolate
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
ti-he-YE she-ma-MA
- clause
HE-ma le-vad-DAM yin-na-TSE-lu ve-ha-A-rets ti-he-YE she-ma-MA
- sentence
she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-ba-NIM ve-im-ba-NOT ya-tsi-LU HE-ma le-vad-DAM yin-na-TSE-lu ve-ha-A-rets ti-he-YE she-ma-MA
Exegesis
The verse closes with ve-ha-aretz tihyeh shemamah {וְהָאָ֖רֶץ תִּהְיֶ֥ה שְׁמָמָֽה | wə-hā-ʾāreṣ tihyeh šəmāmāh} ‘and the land will be desolate’, using a Qal imperfect to denote a future state.
Root and etymology
š-m-mshin–mem–mem
“to be desolate, devastate”
In context — Ezekiel 14:16
Even if these three men were in its midst, as I live, declares the Lord God , they would not deliver sons or daughters; they alone would be delivered, but the land would become desolate .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:16:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Ezekiel 14:16, so the Hebrew word שְׁמָמָֽה׃ (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.14.16.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.16.W17.S1) and character.