[שָׁמַד]₉₀ verb Niph`al be exterminated, destroyed (Late Hebrew derived species; Aramaic שְׁמַד Pa`el cause to apostatize (Jastr); Syriac seems disputed (in Lexicons); Nö^{Eut. Nab. 32} curse; Ba^{ES 10} cites Assyrian ašmud, I destroyed; Gerber¹¹² thinks verb denominative); — Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive וְנִשְׁמַד Ezekiel 32:12 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשָּׁמֵ Isaiah 48:19; Proverbs 14:11; 2masculine plural תִּשָּׁמֵד֑וּן Deuteronomy 4:26; Infinitiveabsolute הִשָּׁמֵד Deuteronomy 4:26; construct suffix הִשָּׁמֶדְךָ Deuteronomy 28:20, etc.; —

1 of person be annihilated, exterminated, Genesis 34:30 (J), Judges 21:16; 2 Samuel 21:5 (+ מֵהִתְיַצֵּב בְּ; — but read לְהַשְׁמִידֵגוּ ᵐ5 Ew We Dr and others), Psalm 37:38 ("" נִכְדָת), Psalm 83:11; of people Deuteronomy 4:26 (׳הִשָּׁמֵד תּשּׁ), Deuteronomy 7:23; Deuteronomy 12:30(+ מִמָּנֶתךָ Deuteronomy 28:20 ("" אָבַד Deuteronomy 28:24; Deuteronomy 28:45; Deuteronomy 28:51; Deuteronomy 28:61, Jeremiah 48:42 (+מֵעִם. Ezekiel 33:12; Psalm 92:8 (+ עֲדֵיעַֿד, compare also וְלֹא יִשָּׁמֵד שְׁמוֺ מִלְּפָנָי֑ Isaiah 48:19 (+ יִכָרֵת; וַרְעֶ֑ךָ etc., in "" clause).

2 be destroyed, of bamoth, Hosea 10:8, compare (בֵּית רְשָׁעִים) Proverbs 14:11; be devastated, of land, Jeremiah 48:8 ("" אבר).

Hiph`il₆₉ Perfect3masculine singular הִשְׁמִיד Deuteronomy 2:22 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַשְׁמִיד Isaiah 13:9 +, וַיַּשְׁמֵד 1 Kings 16:12; 2 Kings 10:28, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַשְׁמֵד Deuteronomy 33:27; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁמֵד Isaiah 14:28, יֵ֯ד Amos 9:8; construct לְהַשְׁמִיר Joshua 9:24 +, also עַד הִשְׁמִידְךָ Deuteronomy 7:24, וֺ- Deuteronomy 28:48, ָ֯ ם - Joshua 11:14 (but read in all ׳הַשׁ, as Joshua 23:15, see Dr^{Deuteronomy 7:24}), לַשְׁמִד Isaiah 23:11, etc.; —

1 annihilate, exterminate: accusative of person or a people, subject ׳י or human person, Deuteronomy 1:27; Deuteronomy 2:22 (+ מִמְּנֵי person), Deuteronomy 6:15 (+ מֵעַלמְּֿנֵי הָאֲרָמָה), Deuteronomy 9:20 16t. Deuteronomy; Joshua 7:12 (accusative הַחֵרֶם; + מִקִּרְבְּכֶם), Joshua 9:24 4t. Joshua (all R^D), 2 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 13:34; Amos 9:8; Isaiah 13:9; Isaiah 26:14; Esther 3:6,13 23t.; accusative מִּרְיוֺ וְשָׁרָשָׁיו (figurative) Amos 2:9, compare Ezekiel 34:16 (but Vrss Co Toy and others [not Hi Krae] אֶשְׁמֹר); אֶתשְֿׁמִי ׳הִשׁ 1 Samuel 24:22 (Gi v.1 Samuel 24:21), 2 Samuel 22:38; 1 Kings 16:12; Psalm 145:20; הַשְׁמֵד as substantive, Isaiah 14:23 besom of extermination; accusative אֶתהַֿבַּעַל 2 Kings 10:28, of extirpating Baal-worship מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל.

2 destroy, cities Micah 5:13, fortresses Isaiah 23:11, bamoth Leviticus 26:30 (H), Numbers 33:52 (P; "" אִבֵּד), חֹזֶק מַמְלְכוֺת הַגּוֺיִם Haggai 2:22.