Psalms 137:2

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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.	We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.	For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

We hanged^H8518 our harps^H3658 upon the willows^H6155 in the midst^H8432 thereof.

Original Hebrew

עַל־עֲרָבִים בְּתֹוכָהּ תָּלִינוּ כִּנֹּרֹותֵינוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
עַֽל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
עֲרָבִ֥ים	'a.ra.Vim	H6155	HNcfpa	poplars
בְּ/תוֹכָ֑/הּ	be./to.Kha/h	H8432	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fs	in/ (the) midst of/ it
תָּ֝לִ֗ינוּ	ta.Li.nu	H8518	HVqp1cp	we hung up
כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽי/נוּ	ki.no.ro.Tei./nu	H3658	HNcmpc/Sp1cp	harps/ our

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H3658 — כִּנּוֹר (kinnôwr, kin-nore'): from a unused root meaning to twang; a harp; harp.
H6155 — עָרָב (ʻârâb, aw-rawb'): from עָרַב; a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles); willow.
H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).
H8518 — תָּלָה (tâlâh, taw-law'): a primitive root; to suspend (especially to gibbet); hang (up).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

we hanged — Psalms 33:2, Psalms 81:2, Isaiah 24:8, Ezekiel 26:13, Amos 8:10, Revelation 18:22

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: HOME, MUSIC, NATION, THE, TREES
Torrey’s: BABYLON, MUSIC
Nave’s: CHURCH, COUNTRY, HARP, JERUSALEM, MUSIC, PATRIOTISM, WILLOW

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