שָׁאָה
sha.ah
“to crash”
Definition
to rush; by implication, to desolate
a primitive root;
- crash, make a din or crash, crash into ruins, be in ruins, be desolated 1a) (Qal) to crash into ruins 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be ruined 1b2) to crash 1b3) to be left (a desolation) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to crash 1c2) to cause to be desolated
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
שָׁאָה appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Have you not heard?Long ago I ordained it;in days of old I planned it.Now I have brought it to pass,that you should crush fortified citiesinto piles of rubble.
Alas, the tumult of many peoples;they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations;they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
The nations rage like the rush of many waters.He rebukes them, and they flee far away,driven before the wind like chaff on the hills,like tumbleweeds before a gale.
Have you not heard?Long ago I ordained it;in days of old I planned it.Now I have brought it to pass,that you should crush fortified citiesinto piles of rubble.
Then I asked:“How long, O Lord?”And He replied:“Until the cities lie ruinedand without inhabitant,until the houses are left unoccupiedand the land is desolate and ravaged,
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