מְשׁוֹאָה
mĕšôʾâ
desolation
Strong's H4875NounHebrewTWOT 2339b

מְשׁוֹאָה (mĕšôʾâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning desolation. It appears 3 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4875).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2339b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2339b)desolation; ruin; waste
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מְשׁוֹאָה noun, feminine: desolation

Strong's H4875 מְשׁוֹאָה: (a) ruin, abstractly (the act) or concretely (the wreck)
KJV:desolation, waste.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2339: שׁוא šwʾ — Root of: מְשׁוֹאָה desolation; שׁוֹא ravage; שׁוֹאָה ravage; תְּשֻׁאָה noise

See it in Scripture

Job 30:3Zephaniah 1:15

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