Strong's H8074 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שָׁמֵם (shâmêm)

Pronunciation: shaw-mame'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root

Definition: to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

KJV Renderings: 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

Senses

1. to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy
   1. (Qal)
      1. to be desolated, be deflowered, be deserted, be appalled
      2. to be appalled, be awestruck
   2. (Niphal)
      1. to be desolated, be made desolate
      2. to be appalled
   3. (Polel)
      1. to be stunned
      2. appalling, causing horror (participle)
         1. horror-causer, appaller (subst)
   4. (Hiphil)
      1. to devastate, ravage, make desolated
      2. to appal, show horror
   5. (Hophal) to lay desolate, be desolated
   6. (Hithpolel)
      1. to cause to be desolate
      2. to be appalled, be astounded
      3. to cause oneself desolation, cause oneself ruin

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