Lexical Definition

‎שְׁמַם‎ shᵉmam (shem-am') be appalled ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎שָׁמֵם‎

be astonied.

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

1) (Ithpolel) [CLBL] to be appalled, be stunned

Extended Information

Aramaic of: שָׁמֵם

• Aramaic of sha.mem (‎ש‎ָׁ‎מ‎ֵ‎ם‎ ": destroyed" שָׁמֵם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: שָׁמֵם
[‎שְׁמַם‎] verb Ethpo`l. be appalled (ᵑ7 (rare); see Biblical Hebrew; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic , Schulth²⁰⁹); — Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎אֶשְׁתּוֺמַם‎ (K^{§ 36}) Dan 4:16*.

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