Lexicon shaah: to make a din or crash, crash into ruins Original Word: שָׁאָהPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: shaah Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-aw') Short Definition: devastated NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto make a din or crash, crash into ruins NASB Translationdevastated (1), rumble (1), rush (1), turn (1), turn* (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs I. [ שָׁאָה] verb make a din or crash, crash into ruins (perhaps akin to שׁוֺאָה (√ שׁוא) storm, devastation; >Aramaic  be deserted, שַׁהֲוָוא, שַׁהֲוָתָא desert); — Qal Perfect3plural שָׁאוּ Isaiah 6:11 until cities have crashed into ruins; + perhaps Nahum 1:5 (p. 671a). Niph`al Imperfect3feminine singular תִּשָּׁאֶה שְׁמָמָה Isaiah 6:11, usually, and the ground be ruined into a desolation, but ᵐ5 Lo Du Marti תִּשָּׁאֵר be left a desolation; 3 masculine plural יִשָּׁא֑וּן Isaiah 17:12 they are in uproar (of nations, "" יֶהֱמָיוּן), Isaiah 17:13 (but strike out as doublet Du CheHpt Marti). Hiph`il Infinitive construct לְהַשְׁאוֺת Isaiah 37:26, = לַהְשׁוֺת 2 Kings 19:25 (Ges§ 23f Köi. 570, who follow van d. H. in giving לְהַשְׁאוֺת as Qr, but see Baer Gi), to cause ... cities to crash into ruined heaps.
Strong's be desolate, make a rushing, lay waste A primitive root; to rush; by implication, to desolate -- be desolate, (make a) rush(-ing), (lay) waste. |
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