- Original: ישׁם - Transliteration: Yasham - Phonetic: yaw-sham' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to ruin, be desolate - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 927 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to lie waste: - be desolate. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • desolate, 4 Genesis 47:19; Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 12:19; Ezekiel 19:7