Psalms 137:1
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.”
יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
בָּכָה
we wept
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בָּכָה
To weep, to cry aloud. Bakah. Those who sow in tears will reap in joy. Weeping endures for the night but joy comes in the morning.
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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נָהָר
the rivers of
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נָהָר
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
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שָׁם
there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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צִיּוֹן
Zion
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צִיּוֹן
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
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