Ishma — the meaning of the Hebrew name יִשְׁמָא

יִשְׁמָא

Yishmâʼ · pronounced yish-maw' · Strong's H3457 · a man

Ishma means desolate.

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יָשַׁם yâsham (from, H3456) — to lie waste open in the lexicon ›

from H3456; desolate; Jishma, an Israelite.

1Chr 4:3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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