H7612
H7612 — שֵׁאתּ
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
she'th (shayth) n-f.
1. devastation
[from H7582]
KJV: desolation.
Root(s): H7582
TWOT
TWOT: 2301d
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KJV Renderings
desolation.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB8365
שֵׁאת noun feminine doubtful word; perhaps (for *שֶׁאֶת) din of battle (= שָׁאוֺן); Thes and others devastation, compare שְׁאִיָּה; either meaning suits ׳ הַשּׁ Lam 3:47 (|| הַשָּׁ֑בֶר; but Wecompare Hex. 2, 351, from II. שׁוא, desolation); contracted (according to Thes and most) שֵׁת, in בְּנֵי שֵׁת Num 24:17 ( J ) sons of (battle-)din (warriors, = שָׁאוֺןבְּנֵי in || Jer 48:45); Vrss take שֵׁת here as proper name; Gray proposes שֵׂת = שְׂאֵת, pride, or reading as Jeremiah compare Wecomp. Hex.351.