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And the desolate
shamem (shaw-mame')
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
land
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
shall be tilled
`abad (aw-bad')
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
whereas it lay desolate
shmamah (shem-aw-maw')
devastation; figuratively, astonishment -- (laid, most) desolate(-ion), waste.
in the sight
`ayin (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
of all that passed by
`abar (aw-bar')
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
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