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Psalms 137:8 Interlinear

“O daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served ”

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Psalms 137 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	בַּת	H1323	O daughter	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
2	בָּבֶ֗ל	H894	of Babylon	babel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire
3	הַשְּׁד֫וּדָ֥ה	H7703	who art to be destroyed	properly, to be burly, i.e., (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
4	אַשְׁרֵ֥י	H835	happy	happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
5	שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם	H7999	shall he be that rewardeth	to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate
6	לָ֑ךְ	H0
7	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
8	גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗ךְ	H1576		treatment, i.e., an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
9	שֶׁגָּמַ֥לְתְּ	H1580	thee as thou hast served	to treat a person (well or ill), i.e., benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e., (specifically) to wean
10	לָֽנוּ׃	H0

Psalms 137:8 (current)O daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served