שָׁמַד (šāmad) is a Hebrew verb meaning be exterminated. It appears 90 times in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8045).

Also rendered

• to destroy

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2406)

Root family 2406: שָׁמַד šāmad — be destroyed, exterminated (Niphal); destroy, exterminate (Hiphil). (ASV and RSV “be destroyed” and “destroy.”)

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