Words the Bible translates as be desolate
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shamemשָׁמֵםto be devastated and empty: of places laid waste and of persons struck silent with horror
- ḥarevחָרֵבto dry up: for water to fail and a wet place to go dry
+1 more meaning
- to lay waste, to be left in ruins: for a city, land, or people to be destroyed and abandoned
- yashamיָשַׁםbe desolatenot studied yet
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