Lexical Definition

‎שָׁמַד‎ shâmad (shaw-mad') to destroy ^H:V
a primitive root

destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.

• to desolate

1) to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be annihilated, be exterminated
1a2) to be destroyed, be devastated
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to annihilate, exterminate
1b2) to destroy

See Greek: ἀπόλλυμι · ἀπώλεια · ἀφανίζω · ἀφανισμός · ἐξαίρω · ἐξεγείρω · ἐξολοθρεύω · ἐρημόω · ξηραίνω · ὀλοθρεύω · συντρίβω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: she.mad (‎ש‎ְׁ‎מ‎ַ‎ד‎ "to destroy" שְׁמַד)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎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 Ezek 32:12 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשָּׁמֵ‎ Isa 48:19; Prov 14:11 2 masculine plural ‎תִּשָּׁמֵד֑וּן‎ Deut 4:26 Infinitiveabsolute ‎הִשָּׁמֵד‎ vDeut 4:26 construct suffix ‎הִשָּׁמֶדְךָ‎ Deut 28:20, etc.; —

1. of person be annihilated, exterminated, Gen 34:30 (J), Judg 21:16; 2Sam 21:5 (+ ‎מֵהִתְיַצֵּב בְּ‎; — but read ‎לְהַשְׁמִידֵגוּ‎ ᵐ5 Ew We Dr and others), Ps 37:38 (|| ‎נִכְדָת‎), Ps 83:11* of people Deut 4:26 (‎׳‎‎הִשָּׁמֵד תּשּׁ‎), Deut 7:23; Deut 12:30(+ ‎מִפָּנֶתךָ‎ Deut 28:20 (|| ‎אָבַד‎ vDeut 28:24 vDeut 28:45 vDeut 28:51 vDeut 28:61, Jer 48:42 (+‎מֵעִם‎. Ezek 33:12; Ps 92:8* (+ ‎עֲדֵיעַֿד‎, compare also ‎וְלֹא יִשָּׁמֵד שְׁמוֺ מִלְּפָנָי֑‎ Isa 48:19 (+ ‎יִכָרֵת‎; ‎וַרְעֶ֑ךָ‎ etc., in || clause).

2. be destroyed, of bamoth, Hos 10:8, compare (‎בֵּית רְשָׁעִים‎) Prov 14:11 be devastated, of land, Jer 48:8 (|| ‎אבר‎). Hiph`il₆₉ Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִשְׁמִיד‎ Deut 2:22 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַשְׁמִיד‎ Isa 13:9 +, ‎וַיַּשְׁמֵד‎ 1Kgs 16:12; 2Kgs 10:28, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎הַשְׁמֵד‎ Deut 33:27 Infinitive absolute ‎הַשְׁמֵד‎ Isa 14:28, ‎יֵ֯ד‎ Amos 9:8 construct ‎לְהַשְׁמִיר‎ Josh 9:24 +, also ‎עַד הִשְׁמִידְךָ‎ Deut 7:24, ‎וֺ‎- Deut 28:48, ‎ָ֯ ם‎ - Josh 11:14 (but read in all ‎׳‎‎הַשׁ‎, as Josh 23:15, see Dr^{Deut 7:24}), ‎לַשְׁמִד‎ Isa 23:11, etc.; —

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

2. destroy, cities Mic 5:13*, fortresses Isa 23:11, bamoth Lev 26:30 (H), Num 33:52 (P; || ‎אִבֵּד‎), ‎חֹזֶק מַמְלְכוֺת הַגּוֺיִם‎ Hag 2:22.

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