Be appalled
שְׁמַםStrong’s H8075shemam (she-mam)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Shemam is the Aramaic word usually translated “was appalled”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.”
Meaning
- (Ithpolel) to be appalled, be stunned
How it's translated
- he was appalled 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
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Aramaic dictionary
שְׁמַם shemam · be appalled
(Ithpolel) [CLBL] to be appalled, be stunned Aramaic of sha.mem (שָׁמֵם ": destroyed" H8074)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.