שַׁמָּה (šammâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning waste. It appears 40 times in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8047).

Also rendered

• horror
• destroyed

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2409d)

Root family 2409: שָׁמֵם šāmēm — be desolate, appalled

• שָׁמֵם šāmēm — be desolated
• שְׁמָמָה šimāmâ — a devastation
• מְשַׁמָּה mĕšammâ — waste
• שָׁמֵם šāmēm — devastated
• שִׁמָּמוֹן šimmāmôn — appalment

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