Then said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
I Lord
'Adonay (ad-o-noy')
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) -- (my) Lord.
how long And he answered
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
Until the cities
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
be wasted
sha'ah (shaw-aw')
to rush; by implication, to desolate -- be desolate, (make a) rush(-ing), (lay) waste.
without inhabitant
yashab (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
and the houses
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
without man
'adam (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
and the land
'adamah (ad-aw-maw')
soil (from its general redness) -- country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
be utterly
shmamah (shem-aw-maw')
devastation; figuratively, astonishment -- (laid, most) desolate(-ion), waste.
desolate
sha'ah (shaw-aw')
to rush; by implication, to desolate -- be desolate, (make a) rush(-ing), (lay) waste.
