Psalm 137:9
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶשֶׁר
ʼesher
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
טַף
ṭaph
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֶשֶׁר ʼesher
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
Study H835 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →Cross References
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bo...
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou sl...
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