Psalms 137:8

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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
Strong's References
  • H835 — אֶשֶׁר (ʼesher, eh'-sher): from אָשַׁר (ʼâshar) H833; happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!; blessed, happy.
  • H894 — בָּבֶל (Bâbel, baw-bel'): from בָּלַל (bâlal) H1101; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire; Babel, Babylon.
  • H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (bânâh) H1129 (as feminine of בֵּן (bên) H1121); 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 (gâmal) H1580; 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 (ʼôwth) H226 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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