5 {
"verseID": "Psalms.137.5",
"source": "אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח יְמִינֽ͏ִי׃",
"text": "If *ʾeškāḥēk* *Yᵉrūšālāim*, *tiškaḥ* *yᵉmīnī*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾeškāḥēk*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - I forget you",
"*Yᵉrūšālāim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem",
"*tiškaḥ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she will forget",
"*yᵉmīnī*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my right hand"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾeškāḥēk*": "I forget you/I should forget you",
"*tiškaḥ* *yᵉmīnī*": "may my right hand forget/let my right hand forget [its skill]"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Psalms.137.6",
"source": "תִּדְבַּֽק־לְשׁוֹנִ֨י ׀ לְחִכִּי֮ אִם־לֹ֢א אֶזְכְּ֫רֵ֥כִי אִם־לֹ֣א אַ֭עֲלֶה אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֑͏ִם עַ֝֗ל רֹ֣אשׁ שִׂמְחָתֽ͏ִי׃",
"text": "*tidbaq*-*lᵉšōnī* to *ḥikkī* if not *ʾezkᵉrēkī* if not *ʾaʿăleh* *ʾet*-*Yᵉrūšālaim* upon *rōʾš* *śimḥātī*",
"grammar": {
"*tidbaq*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will cling",
"*lᵉšōnī*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my tongue",
"*ḥikkī*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my palate/roof of mouth",
"*ʾezkᵉrēkī*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - I remember you",
"*ʾaʿăleh*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I cause to ascend/I exalt",
"*Yᵉrūšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem",
"*rōʾš*": "masculine singular construct - head of/top of",
"*śimḥātī*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my joy"
},
"variants": {
"*tidbaq*-*lᵉšōnī*": "let my tongue cling/may my tongue cleave",
"*ḥikkī*": "my palate/roof of my mouth",
"*ʾezkᵉrēkī*": "I remember you/if I do not remember you",
"*ʾaʿăleh*": "I exalt/I set/I raise up",
"*rōʾš* *śimḥātī*": "chief of my joy/height of my happiness/foremost of my joy"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Psalms.137.7",
"source": "זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לִבְנֵ֬י אֱד֗וֹם אֵת֮ י֤וֹם יְֽרוּשָׁ֫לָ֥͏ִם הָ֭אֹ֣מְרִים עָ֤רוּ ׀ עָ֑רוּ עָ֝֗ד הַיְס֥וֹד בָּֽהּ׃",
"text": "*zᵉkōr* *YHWH* to *bᵉnē* *ʾĔdōm* *ʾēt* *yōm* *Yᵉrūšālāim* the ones *hāʾōmᵉrīm* '*ʿārū* *ʿārū* unto *hayᵉsōd* in her'",
"grammar": {
"*zᵉkōr*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - remember!",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD/Yahweh",
"*bᵉnē*": "masculine plural construct - sons of",
"*ʾĔdōm*": "proper noun - Edom",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*yōm*": "masculine singular construct - day of",
"*Yᵉrūšālāim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem",
"*hāʾōmᵉrīm*": "definite article + masculine plural participle - the ones saying",
"*ʿārū*": "Piel imperative, masculine plural - lay bare!",
"*hayᵉsōd*": "definite article + masculine singular - the foundation",
"*bāh*": "preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in her"
},
"variants": {
"*zᵉkōr*": "remember!/recall!",
"*bᵉnē* *ʾĔdōm*": "sons of Edom/Edomites",
"*yōm* *Yᵉrūšālāim*": "day of Jerusalem/Jerusalem's day [of destruction]",
"*ʿārū* *ʿārū*": "lay bare! lay bare!/raze it! raze it!/tear down! tear down!",
"*hayᵉsōd* *bāh*": "to the foundation in it/to its very foundation"
}
}