From an unused root meaning to break up; a fragment, i.e. Ruin -- broken in pieces.
H7616. shebabim
שְׁבָבִים) noun [masculine] plural probably splinters; — ׳שׁ שֹׁמְרוֺן עֵגֶל יִהְיֶה Hosea 8:6 (compare We; Vrss appar, conjecture).
II. שׁבב (Assyrian šabâbu, blaze, compare Syriac burn, ray, flesh (Lexicons, compare PS); Arabic is blaze up (cf BaES 50) but = שׁ ? (Another; etymology in BerDaniel 8:22)).