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שָׁמֵם

From LSJ

Κέρδος πονηρὸν ζημίαν ἀεὶ φέρει → Quaestus iniquos damna consequi solent → Unehrlicher Gewinn trägt immer Strafe ein

Menander, Monostichoi, 301

English (Strong)

a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense): make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
from שָׁמֵם; ruined: desolate.