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May my tongueלְשׁוֹנִיclingתִּדְבַּקto my palateלְחִכִּיifאִםI do notלֹאremember you,אֶזְכְּרֵכִיifאִםI do notלֹאsetאַעֲלֶהJerusalemאֶת יְרוּשָׁלִַםaboveעַלmy highestרֹאשׁjoy.שִׂמְחָתִי
Psalms 137:6
Study it in the app“May my tongue cling to my palate if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 137:6, word by word
- May my tongueלְשׁוֹנִleshoni
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshoni” appears- clingתִּדְבַּקtidbak
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “tidbak” appears- to my palateחִכִּchiki
palate, mouth
The palate, the inside of the mouth; the mouth as the organ of taste and of speech.
Where else “chiki” appears- remember youאֶזְכְּרֵezkre
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “ezkre” appears- setאַעֲלֶהaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “aale” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- my highestרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- joyשִׂמְחָתִsimchati
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simchati” 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
5If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget.
6 · This verse (above)
7Remember, YHWH, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, those who said, “Raze it, raze it, down to its foundations.”