שְׁמָמָה f. (b. h.; preced. wds.) waste, desolation. M. Kat. 17ᵃ, v. שַׁמְתָּא.—Pl. שְׁמָמוֹת, constr. שִׁמְמוֹת. Cant. R. to III, 4 (ref. to Is. XXI, 1) דרך ש׳ מדבר בא he (Nebuchadnezzar) came by the way of the deserts of the wilderness. Lam. R. introd., end (in an obscure passage) מש׳ הארץ from the deserts of the land.
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שְׁמָמָה f. (b. h.; preced. wds.) waste, desolation . M. Kat. 17ᵃ , v. שַׁמְתָּא .—Pl. שְׁמָמוֹת , constr. שִׁמְמוֹת . Cant. R. to III, 4 (ref. to…
References
- Jastrow, שַׁמָּם 1
- Moed Katan 17a:2
- Jastrow, שַׁמְתָּא 1
- Shir HaShirim Rabbah 3:4:2
- Isaiah 21:1