שָׁמֵם (šāmēm) is a Hebrew verb meaning be desolated. It appears 86 times in 19 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8074).

Also rendered

• be desolate
• destroyed

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2409)

Root family 2409: שָׁמֵם šāmēm — be desolate, appalled

• שְׁמָמָה šimāmâ — a devastation
• שַׁמָּה šammâ — waste
• מְשַׁמָּה mĕšammâ — waste
• שָׁמֵם šāmēm — devastated
• שִׁמָּמוֹן šimmāmôn — appalment

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