Ezekiel 15:8:3Ezek.15.8.W3TAB
שְׁמָמָ֑ה
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
- clause
ve-na-TAT-ti ET-ha-A-rets she-ma-MA
- sentence
ve-na-TAT-ti ET-ha-A-rets she-ma-MA YA-an ma-a-LU MA-al ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks ha’aretz {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘the land’ as direct object, with shemamah {שְׁמָמָה | še-mā-māh} ‘desolation’ specifying its ruined state.
Root and etymology
Rootš-m-m
“desolate state”
In context — Ezekiel 15:8
And I will make the land desolate because they have committed unfaithfulness , declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 15:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 15:8, so the Hebrew word שְׁמָמָ֑ה (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.15.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.8.W3.S1) and character.