Lexical Definition

‎שָׁאָה‎ shâʼâh (shaw-aw') to crash ^H:V
a primitive root

be desolate, (make a) rush(-ing), (lay) waste.

• to rush
• by implication, to desolate

1) 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

See Greek: ἠχέω · καταλείπω

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 Perfect 3 plural ‎שָׁאוּ‎ Isa 6:11 until cities have crashed into ruins; + perhaps Nah 1:5 (p. 671a). Niph`al Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תִּשָּׁאֶה שְׁמָמָה‎ Isa 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 Isa 17:12 they are in uproar (of nations, || ‎יֶהֱמָיוּן‎), vIsa 17:13 (but strike out as doublet Du Che<sup>Hpt</sup> Marti). Hiph`il Infinitive construct ‎לְהַשְׁאוֺת‎ Isa 37:26, = ‎לַהְשׁוֺת‎ 2Kgs 19:25 (Ges^{«GKC:23f»§ 23f} Kö^{i. 570}, who follow van d. H. in giving ‎לְהַשְׁאוֺת‎ as Qr, but see Baer Gi), to cause ... cities to crash into ruined heaps.

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