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Onעַלthe willowsעֲרָבִיםin its midstבְּתוֹכָהּwe hungתָּלִינוּour lyres.כִּנֹּרוֹתֵינוּ
Psalms 137:2
Study it in the app“On the willows in its midst we hung our lyres.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 137:2, word by word
- the willowsעֲרָבִיםaravim
willow
Willow: a tree that grows by the water.
Where else “aravim” appears- in its midstתוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears- we hungתָּלִינוּtalinu
hang
Hang; often, hang the body of an executed man in view of all.
Where else “talinu” appears- our lyresכִּנֹּרוֹתֵיkinorote
lyre
Lyre: a small stringed instrument.
Where else “kinorote” appears
The context
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and also wept when we remembered Zion.
2 · This verse (above)
3For there our captors asked us for words of song, and those who tormented us for joy: “Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.”