Psalm 137:2
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof."
Word-by-Word Analysis
תָּלָה
tâlâh
to suspend (especially to gibbet)
עָרָב
ʻârâb
a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
Key Terms in This Verse
חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →Cross References
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sou...
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
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