HEBREW

שָׁמֵם H8074

shâmêm · pronounced shaw-mame'

Definition

to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

Derivation

a primitive root;

King James Version Usage

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.