H8074G–שָׁמֵם–sha.mem

And I also, I have begun to smite thee, To make desolate, because of thy sins.

הַשְׁמֵ֖ם hash.Mem “I will make desolate [you]”

I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant.

נָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ na.Sha.mu “they are desolate”

And I toss them on all the nations, That they have not known, The land hath been desolate behind them, Of any passing by and turning back, And they set a desirable land for a desolation!

נָשַׁ֣מָּה na.Sha.mah “it was desolate”