Psalms

Psalm 137:8–9

⁸O Daughter of Babylon,

doomed to destruction,

blessed is he who repays you

as you have done to us.

⁹Blessed is he who seizes your infants

and dashes them against the rocks.

Word by word

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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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Blessed is	אַשְׁרֵ֤י׀	’aš·rê	Interjection	H835 happiness, blessedness
he who seizes	שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז	še·yō·ḥêz	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H270 grasp, take hold, take possession
your infants	עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ	‘ō·lā·la·yiḵ	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H5768 child
and dashes	וְנִפֵּ֬ץ	wə·nip·pêṣ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H5310 shatter
them	אֶֽת־	’eṯ-	Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
against	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the rocks	הַסָּֽלַע׃	has·sā·la‘	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5553 crag, cliff

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

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

Psalm 137:9 Isaiah 13:16 · Nahum 3:10 · Hosea 13:16 · 2 Kings 8:12 · Hosea 10:14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.