Interlinear · Chapter 137
Psalms
1By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
atעַ֥ל'alH5921עַלpreposition[the] rivers ofנַהֲר֨וֹת׀na.ha.RotH5104נָהָרnoun · common · feminine · plural · constructBabylonבָּבֶ֗לba.VelH0894בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלnoun · proper namethereשָׁ֣םshamH8033שָׁםadverbwe satיָ֭שַׁבְנוּYa.shav.nuH3427יָשַׁבverb · Qal · perfect · first person · common · pluralalsoגַּם־gam-H1571גַּםadverbwe weptבָּכִ֑ינוּba.Khi.nuH1058בָּכָהverb · Qal · perfect · first person · common · pluralwhen remembered weבְּ֝זָכְרֵ֗נוּbe.za.khe.Re.nuH2142זָכַרpreposition + verb · Qal · infinitive construct · common + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · plural‹obj.›אֶת־'et-H0853אֵתdirect object markerZionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726צִיּוֹןnoun · proper name
2On the willows there we hung up our lyres.
onעַֽל־'al-H5921עַלprepositionpoplarsעֲרָבִ֥ים'a.ra.VimH6155עֲרָבָהnoun · common · masculine · plural · absolutein [the] midst of itבְּתוֹכָ֑הּbe.to.KhahH8432תָּ֫וֶךְpreposition + noun · common · masculine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · third person · feminine · singularwe hung upתָּ֝לִ֗ינוּta.Li.nuH8518תָּלָהverb · Qal · perfect · first person · common · pluralharps ourכִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ki.no.ro.Tei.nuH3658כִּנּוֹרnoun · common · feminine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · plural
3For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
forכִּ֤יkiH3588כִּיparticlethereשָׁ֨םshamH8033שָׁםadverbthey asked usשְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּshe.'e.Lu.nuH7592שָׁאַלverb · Qal · perfect · third person · common · plural + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · pluralcaptors ourשׁוֹבֵ֡ינוּsho.Vei.nuH7617שָׁבָהverb · Qal · active participle · masculine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · pluralwords ofדִּבְרֵי־div.rei.Shi-H1697דָּבָרnoun · common · masculine · plural · constructa songשִׁ֭ירShirH7892שִׁירnoun · common · masculine · singular · absoluteand mockers ourוְתוֹלָלֵ֣ינוּve.to.la.Lei.nuH8437תּוֹלָלconjunction + noun · common · masculine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · pluralgladnessשִׂמְחָ֑הsim.ChahH8057שִׂמְחָהnoun · common · feminine · singular · absolutesingשִׁ֥ירוּShi.ruH7891שִׁירverb · Qal · imperative · second person · masculine · pluralfor usלָ֝֗נוּLa.nuH9035Op1cpreposition + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · pluralone of [the] song[s] ofמִשִּׁ֥ירmi.ShirH7892שִׁירpreposition + noun · common · masculine · singular · constructZionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726צִיּוֹןnoun · proper name
4How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?
how?אֵ֗יךְ'EikhH0349אֵיךְinterrogativewill we singנָשִׁ֥ירna.ShirH7891שִׁירverb · Qal · imperfect · first person · common · plural‹obj.›אֶת־'et-H0853אֵתdirect object marker[the] song ofשִׁיר־shir-H7892שִׁירnoun · common · masculine · singular · constructYahwehיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068יהוהnoun · proper nameonעַ֝֗ל'AlH5921עַלprepositionground ofאַדְמַ֥ת'ad.MatH0127אֲדָמָהnoun · common · feminine · singular · constructforeignnessנֵכָֽר׃ne.KharH5236נֵכָרnoun · common · masculine · singular · absolute
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill!
ifאִֽם־'im-H0518אִםparticleI will forget youאֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ'esh.ka.ChekhH7911שָׁכַחverb · Qal · imperfect · first person · common · singular + pronominal suffix · second person · feminine · singularO Jerusalemיְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםnoun · proper namemay it forgetתִּשְׁכַּ֥חtish.KachH7911שָׁכַחverb · Qal · imperfect · third person · feminine · singularright [hand] myיְמִינִֽי׃ye.mi.NiH3225יָמִיןnoun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singular
6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!
may it cleaveתִּדְבַּ֥ק־tid.Bak-H1692דָּבַקverb · Qal · imperfect · third person · feminine · singulartongue myלְשׁוֹנִ֨י׀le.sho.NiH3956לָשׁוֹןnoun · common · masculine or feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularto palate myלְחִכִּי֮le.chi.KiH2441חֵךְpreposition + noun · common · masculine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularifאִם־'im-H0518אִםparticlenotלֹ֪אlo'H3808לֹאnegativeI will remember youאֶ֫זְכְּרֵ֥כִי'ez.ke.Re.khiH2142זָכַרverb · Qal · imperfect · first person · common · singular + pronominal suffix · second person · feminine · singularifאִם־'im-H0518אִםparticlenotלֹ֣אlo'H3808לֹאnegativeI will lift upאַ֭עֲלֶה'A.'a.lehH5927עָלָהverb · Hiphil · imperfect · first person · common · singular‹obj.›אֶת־'et-H0853אֵתdirect object markerJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםnoun · proper nameaboveעַ֝֗ל'AlH5921עַלpreposition[the] chief ofרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218רֹאשׁnoun · common · masculine · singular · constructjoy myשִׂמְחָתִֽי׃sim.cha.TiH8057שִׂמְחָהnoun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singular
7Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!”
rememberזְכֹ֤רze.KhorH2142זָכַרverb · Qal · imperative · second person · masculine · singularO Yahwehיְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehH3068יהוהnoun · proper nameto [the] people ofלִבְנֵ֬יliv.NeiH1121בֵּןpreposition + noun · common · masculine · plural · constructEdomאֱד֗וֹם'e.DomH0123אֱדוֹםnoun · proper name · masculine‹obj.›אֵת֮'etH0853אֵתdirect object marker[the] day ofי֤וֹםYomH3117יוֹםnoun · common · masculine · singular · constructJerusalemיְֽרוּשָׁ֫לִָ֥םye.ru.Sha.LimH3389יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםnoun · proper namewho were sayingהָ֭אֹ֣מְרִיםha.'O.me.rimH0559אָמַרdefinite article + verb · Qal · active participle · masculine · plural · absolutelay bareעָ֤רוּ׀'A.ruH6168עָרָהverb · Piel · imperative · second person · masculine · plurallay bareעָ֑רוּ'A.ruH6168עָרָהverb · Piel · imperative · second person · masculine · pluraltoעַ֝֗ד'AdH5704עַדprepositionthe foundationהַיְס֥וֹדhay.SodH3247יְסוֹדdefinite article + noun · common · masculine · singular · absolutein itבָּֽהּ׃BahH9034Os3fpreposition + pronominal suffix · third person · feminine · singular
8O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!
O daughter ofבַּת־bat-H1323בַּתnoun · common · feminine · singular · constructBabylonבָּבֶ֗לba.VelH0894בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלnoun · proper namethat is about to be destroyedהַשְּׁד֫וּדָ֥הha.she.Du.DahH7703שָׁדַדdefinite article + verb · Qal · passive participle · feminine · singular · absolutehow blessed!אַשְׁרֵ֥י'ash.ReiH0835אֶ֫שֶׁרnoun · common · masculine · plural · construct[is one] who he will repayשֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־shey.sha.lem-H7999שָׁלֵםrelative + verb · Piel · imperfect · third person · masculine · singularto youלָ֑ךְLakhH9032Os2fpreposition + pronominal suffix · second person · feminine · singular‹obj.›אֶת־'et-H0853אֵתdirect object markerdealing yourגְּ֝מוּלֵ֗ךְge.mu.LekhH1576גְּמוּלnoun · common · masculine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · feminine · singularthat you dealtשֶׁגָּמַ֥לְתְּshe.ga.MaltH1580גָּמַלrelative + verb · Qal · perfect · second person · feminine · singularto usלָֽנוּ׃La.nuH9035Op1cpreposition + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · plural
9Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!
how blessed!אַשְׁרֵ֤י׀'ash.ReiH0835אֶ֫שֶׁרnoun · common · masculine · plural · construct[is one] who he will seizeשֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓זshei.yo.ChezH0270אָחַזrelative + verb · Qal · imperfect · third person · masculine · singularand he will smashוְנִפֵּ֬ץve.ni.PetzH5310נָפַץconjunction + verb · Piel · sequential perfect · third person · masculine · singular‹obj.›אֶֽת־'et-H0853אֵתdirect object markerchildren yourעֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ'o.la.La.yikhH5768עוֹלֵלnoun · common · masculine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · feminine · singulartoאֶל־'el-H0413אֶלprepositionthe rockהַסָּֽלַע׃ha.Sa.la'H5553סֶ֫לַעdefinite article + noun · common · masculine · singular · absolute
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, tagged by Tyndale House. Interlinear data from STEP Bible, licensed CC BY 4.0.