מְשַׁמָּה (mĕšammâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning waste. It appears
7 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4923).
Also rendered
devastation
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2409f)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2409f)devastation, waste; horror; amazement; astonishment, desolate
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מְשַׁמָּהnoun, feminine
1.devastation, waste
2.horror
Strong's H4923מְשַׁמָּה: a waste or amazement KJV:astonishment, desolate.
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 2409: שָׁמֵםšāmēm — be desolated, appalled; awestruck; appalling, causing horror; devastate, ravage, appal, shewing horror; all the days of, being desolate; astounded, cause oneself desolation, ruin; stun, grow numb, stupefy; make amazed, be astonied…