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

abide fastverbH1692

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

לְשׁוֹנִ֨/יləšwōniy

baynounH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

לְ/חִכִּ/י֮ləḥikiy

mouthpronH2441

taste

אִםʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

לֹ֪אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אֶ֫זְכְּרֵ֥/כִיʾezəkərēkiy

be maleverbH2142

burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···

אִםʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אַ֭עֲלֶהʾaʿăleh

ariseverbH5927

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

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יְרוּשָׁלִַ֑םyərwšālaim

JerusalemnounH3389

עַ֝֗לʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

רֹ֣אשׁrōʾš

bandnounH7218

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

שִׂמְחָתִֽ/יśiməḥātiy

gladnessnounH8057

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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