And the desolateוְ הַנְּשַׁמָּהlandהָאָרֶץwill be tilledתֵּעָבֵדinstead ofתַּחַת אֲשֶׁרbeingהָיְתָהa desolationשְׁמָמָהin the eyesלְעֵינֵיof everyoneכָּלwho passes by.עוֹבֵר
Ezekiel 36:34
Study it in the app“And the desolate land will be tilled instead of being a desolation in the eyes of everyone who passes by.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 36:34, word by word
- And the desolateנְּשַׁמָּהneshama
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “neshama” appears- landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- will be tilledתֵּעָבֵדteaved
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “teaved” appears- beingהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- who passes byעוֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears
The context
33Thus says Adonai YHWH: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the ruins will be built.
34 · This verse (above)
35And they will say, “This land, the desolate one, has become like the garden of Eden; and the ruined cities, and the desolate and the torn down, are fortified and inhabited.”