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Psalms 137:8


Psalms 137:7 Psalms 137:8 (KJV) Psalms 137:9
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof.
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

O daughterH1323 of BabylonH894, who art to be destroyedH7703; happyH835 shall he be, that rewardethH7999 thee as thou hast servedH1580 H1576 us.


Original Hebrew

בַּת־בָּבֶל הַשְּׁדוּדָה אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־לָךְ אֶת־גְּמוּלֵךְ שֶׁגָּמַלְתְּ לָנוּ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
בַּת
bat- H1323 HNcfsc O daughter of
בָּבֶ֗ל
ba.Vel H894 HNp Babylon
הַ/שְּׁד֫וּדָ֥ה
ha./she.Du.Dah H7703 HTd/Vqsfsa that/ is about to be destroyed
אַשְׁרֵ֥י
'ash.Rei H835 HNcmpa how blessed!
שֶׁ/יְשַׁלֶּם
she/y.sha.lem- H7999 HTr/Vpi3ms (is one) who/ he will repay
לָ֑/ךְ
La/kh HR/Sp2fs to/ you
אֶת
'et- H853 HTo (obj.)
גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗/ךְ
ge.mu.Le/kh H1576 HNcmsc/Sp2fs dealing/ your
שֶׁ/גָּמַ֥לְתְּ
she./ga.Malt H1580 HTr/Vqp2fs that/ you dealt
לָֽ/נוּ
La./nu HR/Sp1cp to/ us
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H835 — אֶשֶׁר (ʼesher, eh'-sher): from אָשַׁר; happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!; blessed, happy.
  • H894 — בָּבֶל (Bâbel, baw-bel'): from בָּלַל; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire; Babel, Babylon.
  • H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
  • H1576 — גְּמוּל (gᵉmûwl, ghem-ool'): from גָּמַל; treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital; [phrase] as hast served, benefit, desert, deserving, that which he hath given, recompense, reward.
  • H1580 — גָּמַל (gâmal, gaw-mal'): a primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean; bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, [phrase] serve, mean, yield.
  • H7703 — שָׁדַד (shâdad, shaw-dad'): a primitive root; properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage; dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), [idiom] utterly, (lay) waste.
  • H7999 — שָׁלַם (shâlam, shaw-lam'): a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications); make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, [idiom] surely.

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

  • H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

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