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Mashua (מַשּׁוּאָה) means destruction in Hebrew.

It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

מַשּׁוּאָה
mashua
noun · feminine
In English

destruction

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with מ

The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Mashua.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    אסון, חורבן, הרס.
    אַךְ בַּחֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁית לָמוֹ, הִפַּלְתָּם לְמַשּׁוּאוֹת.
  2. 2
    המדקדקים מתלבטים לגבי השרש. על פי נקוד המסורה השין דגושה וזה מתאים לשרש נ-שׂ-א; אולם לפי הבנת הפסוק נראה שזהה למְשׁוֹאָה שלעיל, כלומר משורש שׁ-א-ה.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Mashua is a feminine noun.

Written with vowel points
מַשּׁוּאָה
Written without vowel points
משואה
Said
mashua
Pattern
מַקְטוּלָה
Plural
מַשּׁוּאוֹת
Inflections
ר' מַשּׁוּאוֹת
Gematria
352

This is how Mashua is said in other languages.

English
destruction

These words rhyme with Mashua.

These words come before and after Mashua in the dictionary.

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What does Mashua (⁨מַשּׁוּאָה⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Mashua (⁨מַשּׁוּאָה⁩) means destruction. It is said mashua, with the stress on a.

What rhymes with Mashua (⁨מַשּׁוּאָה⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Mashua (⁨מַשּׁוּאָה⁩) include ⁨תנועה⁩, ⁨רפואה⁩, ⁨מראה⁩, ⁨דעה⁩, ⁨רצועה⁩, and ⁨שעה⁩.

Is Mashua (⁨מַשּׁוּאָה⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Mashua (⁨מַשּׁוּאָה⁩) is a feminine noun, and its plural is ⁨מַשּׁוּאוֹת⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry משואה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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