Shmama (שממה) means desert in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
desert
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shmama.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מקום שומם, מקום חרב ועזוב, ריקנות.
לֹא אֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּ מִפָּנֶיךָ בְּשָׁנָה אֶחָת פֶּן תִּהְיֶה הָאָרֶץ שְׁמָמָה וְרַבָּה עָלֶיךָ חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shmama is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שְׁמָמָה
- Written without vowel points
- שממה
- Said
- shmama
- Pattern
- קְטָלָה
- Plural
- שׁמָמוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' שׁמָמוֹת
- Gematria
- 385
This is how Shmama is said in other languages.
- English
- desert
- Arabic
- صحراء
- Russian
- пустыня
- French
- désert
- Spanish
- desierto
- German
- Wüste
These words mean nearly the same as Shmama.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Shmama.
These words rhyme with Shmama.
The word Shmama is part of these phrases and sayings.
- כיבוש השממה
- החייאת השממה
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These words come before and after Shmama in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shmama.
What does Shmama (שממה) mean in Hebrew?
Shmama (שממה) means desert. It is said shmama, with the stress on ma.
What is a synonym for Shmama (שממה)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Shmama (שממה) are ישימון, מדבר, ארימון, נשום, ציון, and תוהו.
What is the opposite of Shmama (שממה)?
Words that mean the opposite of Shmama (שממה) are נווה.
What rhymes with Shmama (שממה)?
Words that rhyme with Shmama (שממה) include אדמה, רקמה, מלחמה, בהמה, אומה, and רמה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שממה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.