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IfאִםI forget you,אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְJerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִָםmay my right handיְמִינִיforget.תִּשְׁכַּח
Psalms 137:5
Study it in the app“If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 137:5, word by word
- I forget youאֶשְׁכָּחֵeshkache
forget
Forget.
Where else “eshkache” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- may my right handיְמִינִyemini
right hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “yemini” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
4How shall we sing the song of YHWH on foreign soil?
5 · This verse (above)
6May my tongue cling to my palate if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.