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Byעַלthe riversנַהֲרוֹתof Babylon,בָּבֶלthereשָׁםwe satיָשַׁבְנוּand alsoגַּםweptבָּכִינוּwhen we rememberedבְּזָכְרֵנוּZion.אֶת צִיּוֹן
Psalms 137:1
Study it in the app“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and also wept when we remembered Zion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 137:1, word by word
- the riversנַהֲרוֹתnaharot
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “naharot” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- we satיָשַׁבְנוּyashavnu
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yashavnu” appears- weptבָּכִינוּbachinu
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “bachinu” appears- when we rememberedזָכְרֵzachre
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zachre” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears
Places in this verse
1Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
2Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2On the willows in its midst we hung our lyres.