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Psalms 137:3 — King James Version← Study notes

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.


Psalms 137:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 137:312 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
שָׁ֨םšām
in itadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
שְֽׁאֵל֪וּ/נוּšəʾēlwnw
ask (counselverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
שׁוֹבֵ֡י/נוּšwōbēynw
(bring awayverbH7617
carry · carry away · lead · lead away ···
דִּבְרֵיdibərēy
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
שִׁ֭ירšiyr
musicalnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
וְ/תוֹלָלֵ֣י/נוּwətwōlālēynw
that wastedconjH8437
שִׂמְחָ֑הśiməḥāh
gladnessnounH8057
exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···
שִׁ֥ירוּšiyrw
behold (by mistake forverbH7891
לָ֝֗/נוּlānw
pron
מִ/שִּׁ֥ירmišiyr
musicalpronH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
צִיּֽוֹןṣiywōn
ZionnounH6726
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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