Lexical Definition

‎שׁוֹא‎ shôwʼ (sho) ravage ^H:N-M
or (feminine) שׁוֹאָה shôwʼâh (sho-aw'); or שֹׁאָה shôʼâh (sho-aw'); from an unused root meaning to rush over

desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.

• a tempest
• by implication, devastation

n m
1) ravage
n f
2) devastation, ruin, waste
2a) devastation, ruin
2b) ruin, waste (of land)

See Greek: ἀπώλεια · θλῖψις · ὁρμή · παγίς · συνοχή · ταλαιπωρία · ὑετός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שׁוֺא‎] noun [masculine] ravage (?); — plural suffix ‎שֹׁאֵיהֶם‎ Ps 35:17 rescue me from their ravages (si vera lectio); ᵐ5 κακουργία; Ol Dy Gr Che^{Comm. plausibly} ‎שַׁאֲגָם‎ their roaring, compare vPs 35:16 vPs 35:17 c; We Du ‎שֹׁאֲגִים‎.

‎שׁוֺאָה‎, ‎שֹׁאָה‎ noun feminine devastation, ruin, waste; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁו‎ Isa 10:3 +, ‎שֹׁאָה‎ Isa 47:11; Zeph 1:15; Job 30:14 (+ Job 38:27 van d. H. Gi, but see Baer's note); construct ‎שֹׁאַת‎ Prov 3:25 —

1. devastation, ruin, as coming on person, Isa 10:3; Isa 47:11 (Babylon personified), Ps 35:8 a Ps 63:10* ‎שֹׁאַת רְשָׁעִים‎ Prov 3:25 (object genitive; || ‎פַּחַד‎); ‎וּמְשׁוֺאָה‎ ‎׳‎‎(יוֺם)שׁ‎ Zeph 1:15 probably = devastating storm, in simile Ezek 38:9 (|| ‎עָנָן‎), Prov 1:27 (Qr; Kt ‎שׁאוה‎; || ‎סוּפָה‎). — Ps 35:8b read probably ‎שַׁחְתֹּה‎ his pit, ᵑ6 We (compare vPs 35:7).

2. concretely, ruin, waste, of the desert, Job 30:3 (reading ‎אֶרֶץ‎ for ‎אֶמֶשׁ‎ Ol; otherwise below 1), ‎וּמְשׁוֺאָה‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Job 38:27 (|| ‎מִדְבָּר‎ vJob 38:26); = ruins Job 30:14.

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