This is what the Hebrew word Shamem (שמם) means.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שָׁמֵם
shamem
adjective
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shamem.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון המקראשׁוֹמֵם; מֻפְקָר וּבִלְתִּי נוֹשָׁב.
...וְהָאֵר פָּנֶיךָ עַל מִקְדָּשְׁךָ הַשָּׁמֵם-לְמַעַן אֲדֹנָי
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shamem is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׁמֵם
- Written without vowel points
- שמם
- Said
- shamem
- Root
- ש־מ־מ
- Pattern
- קָטֵל
- Feminine form
- : שְׁמֵמָה
- Inflections
- נ': שְׁמֵמָה, ר"ז: שְׁמֵמִים, ר"נ: שְׁמֵמוֹת
- Gematria
- 380
These words mean nearly the same as Shamem.
- מפקר
- נטוש
- עזוב
- ריק
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Shamem.
The word Shamem comes from the root ש־מ־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Shamem in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shamem.
What is a synonym for Shamem (שמם)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Shamem (שמם) are מפקר, נטוש, עזוב, and ריק.
What rhymes with Shamem (שמם)?
Words that rhyme with Shamem (שמם) include שם, אם, שלם, גורם, לוחם, and מכרסם.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שמם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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