Psalms 137:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 137:97 words

HebrewMeaning

אַשְׁרֵ֤יʾašərēy

how blessed!nounH835

happy

שֶׁ/יֹּאחֵ֓זšeyōʾḥēz

is one who he will seizeparticleH270

be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···

וְ/נִפֵּ֬ץwənipēṣ

and he will smashconjH5310

break · broken · dash · cause to be discharged ···

אֶֽתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִ/ךְʿōlālayikə

children yournounH5768

child · infant · little one

אֶלʾel

topronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/סָּֽלַעhasālaʿ

the rockparticleH5553

stone · strong hold

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 137:9

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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