Words the Bible translates as destroyed
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 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
- shammahשַׁמָּהa horrifying devastation: a place laid waste and abandoned, and the shudder of dread it provokes
- damahדָּמָהto be brought to an end and hushed: destroyed, cut off, or finished, and (of an activity) simply stopped.
- dummahדֻּמָּהdestroyednot studied yet
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