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Jeremiah 2:12
“Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁמֵםshâmêm · shaw-mame'
H8074 · Hebrew
H8074 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
- Grammar
- שֹׁ֥מּוּ — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 86 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 26:22Leviticus 26:31Leviticus 26:32Leviticus 26:32Leviticus 26:34
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁמֵם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.