Psalms

Psalm 137:7–8

⁷Remember, O LORD,

the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell:

“Destroy it,” they said,

“tear it down to its foundations!”

⁸O Daughter of Babylon,

doomed to destruction,

blessed is he who repays you

as you have done to us.

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
Remember	זְכֹ֤ר	zə·ḵōr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2142 remember
O LORD	יְהוָ֨ה׀	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the sons	לִבְנֵ֬י	liḇ·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Edom	אֱד֗וֹם	’ĕ·ḏō·wm	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H123 name of a condiment
on the day	י֤וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
Jerusalem	יְֽרוּשָׁ֫לִָ֥ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
Destroy it	עָ֤רוּ׀	‘ā·rū	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural	H6168 be naked, bare
they said	הָ֭אֹ֣מְרִים	hā·’ō·mə·rîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H559 utter, say
tear it down	עָ֑רוּ	‘ā·rū	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural	H6168 be naked, bare
to	עַ֝֗ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
its foundations	הַיְס֥וֹד	hay·sō·wḏ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3247 foundation, base

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
O Daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of Babylon	בָּבֶ֗ל	bā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon
doomed to destruction	הַשְּׁד֫וּדָ֥ה	haš·šə·ḏū·ḏāh	Article; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
blessed	אַשְׁרֵ֥י	’aš·rê	Interjection	H835 happiness, blessedness
is he who repays	שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־	šey·šal·lem-	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7999 be complete, sound
you	לָ֑ךְ	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular
as	גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗ךְ	gə·mū·lêḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H1576 dealing, recompence, benefit
you have done	שֶׁגָּמַ֥לְתְּ	šeg·gā·malt	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H1580 deal fully or adequately with, deal out to
to us	לָֽנוּ׃	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural

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

Psalm 137:7 Lamentations 4:21–22 · Ezekiel 25:12–14 · Jeremiah 49:7–22 · Obadiah 1:10–14 · 1 Samuel 15:2 · Amos 1:11 · Psalm 74:18 · Ezekiel 35:2 · Habakkuk 3:13 · Isaiah 34:5–6 · Exodus 17:14 · Obadiah 1:18–21

Psalm 137:8 Revelation 18:6 · Jeremiah 25:12–14 · Isaiah 14:4–24 · Isaiah 47:1–15 · Isaiah 21:1 · Revelation 14:8–11 · Isaiah 13:1–22 · Psalm 149:6–9 · Isaiah 44:28 · Jeremiah 50:1–51:64

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.