# H4923 מְשַׁמָּה

מְשַׁמָּה (mᵉshammâh), Strong’s H4923: a waste or amazement KJV: astonishment, desolate.. Occurs 7 times.

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*mᵉshammâh* — a waste or amazement

KJV: astonishment, desolate.

Derived from [שָׁמֵם shâmêm](https://besorah.bible/word/H8074) (to stun)

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מְשַׁמָּה n.f. abs.
- 1 devastation, waste
- 2 horror

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 15:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/15?v=6) — For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green…
- [Jeremiah 48:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/48?v=34) — From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to…
- [Ezekiel 5:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/5?v=15) — So it will be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are around you, when I…
- [Ezekiel 6:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/6?v=14) — I will stretch out my hand on them and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout…
- [Ezekiel 33:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/33?v=28) — I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment. The pride of her power will cease. The mountains of Israel will…
- [Ezekiel 33:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/33?v=29) — Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their…
- [Ezekiel 35:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/35?v=3) — and tell it, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you. I…