“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.
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