Psalms

Psalm 137:1–2

¹By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept

when we remembered Zion.

²There on the willows^a

we hung our harps,

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
By	עַ֥ל	‘al	Preposition	H5921 height
the rivers	נַהֲר֨וֹת׀	na·hă·rō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural construct	H5104 stream, river
of Babylon	בָּבֶ֗ל	bā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon
we sat	יָ֭שַׁבְנוּ	yā·šaḇ·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
and	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
wept	בָּכִ֑ינוּ	bā·ḵî·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H1058 weep, bewail
when we remembered	בְּ֝זָכְרֵ֗נוּ	bə·zā·ḵə·rê·nū	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common plural	H2142 remember
Zion	צִיּֽוֹן׃	ṣî·yō·wn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6726 Zion

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
There on	עַֽל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the willows	עֲרָבִ֥ים	‘ă·rā·ḇîm	Noun - feminine plural	H6155 willow
we hung	תָּ֝לִ֗ינוּ	tā·lî·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H8518 hang
our harps	כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃	kin·nō·rō·w·ṯê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H3658 lyre

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

Psalm 137:1 Ezekiel 1:1 · Ezekiel 3:15 · Lamentations 2:18 · Lamentations 2:10–11 · Lamentations 3:48 · Ezekiel 1:3 · Psalm 42:4 · Nehemiah 2:3 · Nehemiah 1:3–4 · Jeremiah 15:17 · Luke 19:41 · Jeremiah 13:17–18

Psalm 137:2 Ezekiel 26:13 · Isaiah 24:8 · Revelation 18:22

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.