Strong's Definition
from 8074; a waste or amazement
KJV Usage: astonishment, desolate
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מְשַׁמָּה (me.sham.mah) — devastation. 1) devastation, horror 1a) devastation, waste 1b) horror
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שׁמם
Non-Contain | ≈ שְׁמָמָה
desolation = state in which an area has become empty as a result of destruction and depopulation
ISA 15:6 · JER 48:34 · EZK 6:14 · EZK 33:28 · EZK 33:29 · EZK 35:3
Grieve
horror literally: desolation; hence: = causative process by which tragic circumstances cause humans to be in deep shock
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מְשַׁמָּה n.f. abs. devastation, waste
horror
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