Psalms 137:5

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How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?	If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning].	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

If I forget^H7911 thee, O Jerusalem^H3389, let my right hand^H3225 forget^H7911 her cunning.

Original Hebrew

אִם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אִֽם	'im-	H518	HC	if
אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥/ךְ	'esh.ka.Che/kh	H7911	HVqi1cs/Sp2fs	I will forget/ you
יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	HNp	O Jerusalem
תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח	tish.Kach	H7911	HVqi3fs	may it forget
יְמִינִֽ/י	ye.mi.N/i	H3225	HNcfsc/Sp1cs	right (hand)/ my

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

Strong's References

H3225 — יָמִין (yâmîyn, yaw-meen'): from יָמַן; the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south; [phrase] left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
H3389 — יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im): rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשָׁלֵם)); probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה and שָׁלַם; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.
H7911 — שָׁכַח (shâkach, shaw-kakh'): or שָׁכֵחַ; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention; [idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.

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

H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.

Cross References

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

I forget — Nehemiah 1:2-4, Nehemiah 2:2-3, Psalms 84:1-2, Psalms 84:10, Psalms 102:13-14, Psalms 122:5-9, Isaiah 62:1, Isaiah 62:6-7, Jeremiah 51:50, Daniel 6:10-11
let my right — Zechariah 11:17

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: HOME, NATION, THE
Torrey’s: BABYLON, JEWS, THE
Nave’s: CHURCH, COUNTRY, FORGETTING GOD, JERUSALEM, MUSIC, PATRIOTISM

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