Psalm 137:1

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion."

Word-by-Word Analysis

By the

נַחַל

nachal

H5158

a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)

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of

בָּבֶל

Bâbel

H894

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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there we

יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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down

אִלּוּ

ʼillûw

H432

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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we

בָּכָה

bâkâh

H1058

to weep; generally to bemoan

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when we

זָכַר

zâkar

H2142

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

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צִיּוֹן

Tsîyôwn

H6726

Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem

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Key Terms in This Verse

remembered H2142

זָכַר zâkar

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

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wept H1058

בָּכָה bâkâh

to weep; generally to bemoan

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rivers H5158

נַחַל nachal

a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)

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Zion H6726

צִיּוֹן Tsîyôwn

Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem

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sat H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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Babylon H894

בָּבֶל Bâbel

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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yea H432

אִלּוּ ʼillûw

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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Cross References

Ezekiel 1:1 cross-reference

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of Go...

Ezekiel 3:15 cross-reference

Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.

Ezekiel 1:3 cross-reference

The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

Lamentations 2:18 cross-reference

Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

Lamentations 3:48 cross-reference

Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Jeremiah 15:17 cross-reference

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

Psalm 42:4 cross-reference

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

Nehemiah 2:3 cross-reference

And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

Ezra 8:21 cross-reference

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Ezra 8:31 cross-reference

Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such a...

Lamentations 1:16 cross-reference

For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

Luke 19:41 cross-reference

And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

Lamentations 3:51 cross-reference

Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

Daniel 9:3 cross-reference

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

Isaiah 66:10 cross-reference

Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

Revelation 11:3 cross-reference

And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

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