Psalms 137:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.”

Psalms 137:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 137:614 words

HebrewMeaning

תִּדְבַּ֥קtidəbaq

may it cleaveverbH1692

cleave · follow close · be joined · keep ···

לְשׁוֹנִ֨/יləšwōniy

tongue mynounH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

לְ/חִכִּ/י֮ləḥikiy

to palate mypronH2441

taste

אִםʾim

ifconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

לֹ֪אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אֶ֫זְכְּרֵ֥/כִיʾezəkərēkiy

I will remember youverbH2142

burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···

אִםʾim

ifconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אַ֭עֲלֶהʾaʿăleh

I will lift upverbH5927

ascend up · at once · break · bring ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יְרוּשָׁלִַ֑םyərwšālaim

JerusalemnounH3389

עַ֝֗לʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

רֹ֣אשׁrōʾš

the chief ofnounH7218

beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···

שִׂמְחָתִֽ/יśiməḥātiy

joy mynounH8057

exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···

ℹWords 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.

Church Fathers on Psalms 137:6

1. ...But today we have sung, “By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered Sion” Psalm 136:1.... 2. Observe “the waters of Babylon.” “The waters of Babylon” are all things which here are loved, and pass away. One man, for example, loves to practise husbandry, to grow rich thereby, to employ his mind therein, thence to gain pleasure: let him observe the issue, and see that what he has loved is not a foundation of Jerusalem, but a stream of Babylon.…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 137

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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