שמד

שָׁמַד(b. h. Hif.; cmp. שמם, שמת) to be waste. Pi. שִׁימֵּד (to destroy,) to persecute; to force to apostasy. Gen. R. s. 82 ואם לאו הרי אני מְשַׁמֵּד אתכם and if you cannot answer, I will force you to forswear your religion; Yalk. Is. 263 אַשְׁמִיד (Hif.).Part. pass. מְשוּמָּד converted to heathenism, q. v. Hif. הִשְׁמִיד 1) to destroy. Esth. R. to III, 6 אני אמדתי להַשְׁמִידָם … להַשְׁמִידוכ׳ I (the Lord) intended to destroy them, and, as it were, could not … and thou wilt destroy, slay ? Ib. to III, 12; a. e. 2) to force to apostasy, v. supra. Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּמֵּד 1) to be destroyed, cut off. Yalk. Lev. 558 דואג נ׳ מעולםוכ׳ Doeg was cut off from this and from the other world; (Tanḥ. Mtsorʿa 2 נשתרש). 2) to apostatize. Y.Gitt.VII, beg.48c. Y.Hor.I, 45d bot. Y.Succ.V, end, 55c מרים … שנִשְׁתַּמְּדָהוכ׳ Miriam … who renounced her religion, and married a Roman officer; Tosef. ib. IV, 28d; Bab. ib. 56b Ms. M. (ed. שהמירה דתה).