Psalms

Psalm 129:5–7

⁵May all who hate Zion

be turned back in shame.

⁶May they be like grass on the rooftops,

which withers before it can grow,

⁷unable to fill the hands of the reaper,

or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
May all	כֹּ֝֗ל	kōl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
who hate	שֹׂנְאֵ֥י	śō·nə·’ê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H8130 hate
Zion	צִיּֽוֹן׃	ṣî·yō·wn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6726 Zion
be turned	וְיִסֹּ֣גוּ	wə·yis·sō·ḡū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5472 move away, backslide
back	אָח֑וֹר	’ā·ḥō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H268 the hinder side, back part
in shame	יֵ֭בֹשׁוּ	yê·ḇō·šū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H954 be ashamed

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
May they be	יִ֭הְיוּ	yih·yū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like grass	כַּחֲצִ֣יר	ka·ḥă·ṣîr	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2682 green grass, herbage
on the rooftops	גַּגּ֑וֹת	gag·gō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H1406 roof, top
which withers	יָבֵֽשׁ׃	yā·ḇêš	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3001 be dry, dried up, withered
before	שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת	šeq·qaḏ·maṯ	Pronoun - relative; Noun - feminine singular construct	H6927 antiquity, former state
it can grow	שָׁלַ֣ף	šā·lap̄	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H8025 draw out, off

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
unable	שֶׁלֹּ֤א	šel·lō	Pronoun - relative; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to fill	מִלֵּ֖א	mil·lê	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4390 be full, fill
the hands	כַפּ֥וֹ	ḵap·pōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan
of the reaper	קוֹצֵ֗ר	qō·w·ṣêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7114 be short
or the arms	וְחִצְנ֥וֹ	wə·ḥiṣ·nōw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2683 bosom
of the binder of sheaves	מְעַמֵּֽר׃	mə·‘am·mêr	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H6014 bind sheaves

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 129:5 Psalm 71:13 · Isaiah 37:35 · Zechariah 12:3 · Esther 6:13 · Psalm 83:4–11 · Isaiah 10:12 · Isaiah 37:22

Psalm 129:6 Psalm 37:2

Psalm 129:7 Galatians 6:8 · Isaiah 17:10–11 · Psalm 126:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.