- Original: שׁאה - Transliteration: Sha'ah - Phonetic: shaw-aw' - Definition: 1. crash, make a din or crash, crash into ruins, be in ruins, be desolated a. (Qal) to crash into ruins b. (Niphal) 1. to be ruined 2. to crash 3. to be left (a desolation) c. (Hiphil) 1. to cause to crash 2. to cause to be desolated - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2301 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to rush; by implication to desolate: - be desolate (make a) rush (-ing) (lay) waste. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • desolate, 1 Isaiah 6:11 • rush, 1 Isaiah 17:13 • rushing, 1 Isaiah 17:12 • waste, 2 2 Kings 19:25; Isaiah 37:26 • wasted, 1 Isaiah 6:11