Psalms 137:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.”

Psalms 137:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 137:810 words

HebrewMeaning

בַּתbat

applenounH1323

branch · company · daughter · first ···

בָּבֶ֗לbābel

BabelnounH894

Babylon

הַ/שְּׁד֫וּדָ֥הhašədwdāh

deadparticleH7703

destroy · oppress · robber · spoil ···

אַשְׁרֵ֥יʾašərēy

blessednounH835

happy

שֶׁ/יְשַׁלֶּםšeyəšalem

make amendsparticleH7999

end · finish · full · give again ···

לָ֑/ךְlākə

pron

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗/ךְgəmwlēkə

benefitnounH1576

as hast served · desert · deserving · that which he hath given ···

שֶׁ/גָּמַ֥לְתְּšegāmalətə

bestow onparticleH1580

deal bountifully · do · recompense · requite ···

לָֽ/נוּlānw

pron

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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