Psalms

Psalm 137:8

⁸O Daughter of Babylon,

doomed to destruction,

blessed is he who repays you

as you have done to us.

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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.