Psalms 126:1

King James Version 1611 (Original)

When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת בְּשׁ֣וּב יְ֭הוָה אֶת־שִׁיבַ֣ת צִיּ֑וֹן הָ֝יִ֗ינוּ כְּחֹלְמִֽים׃

Transliteration

šîr the maʿălôt in šûb YHWH ʾet-šîbat ṣiyyôn hāyînû as-ḥōlǝmîm

Grammar Details

• *šîr*: construct noun, masculine singular - song of
• *maʿălôt*: plural feminine noun with definite article - the ascents/steps/pilgrimages
• *šûb*: infinitive construct of verb - return of/when returned
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *šîbat*: construct noun, feminine singular - return/captivity of
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
• *hāyînû*: qal perfect, 1st person plural - we were
• *ḥōlǝmîm*: masculine plural participle - dreamers/dreaming ones

Word Meanings

• *šîbat*: captivity/fortunes/restoration
• *šûb*: to return/restore/bring back
• *maʿălôt*: ascents/steps/degrees/pilgrimages

Referenced Verses

• Hos 6:11 : 11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
• Ps 85:1 : 1 LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
• Jer 31:8-9 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. 10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
• Ps 120:1 : 1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
• Joel 3:1 : 1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
• Acts 12:9 : 9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
• Ps 121:1 : 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
• Ps 122:1 : 1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
• Ps 123:1 : 1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
• Ps 124:1 : 1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
• Ps 125:1 : 1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
• Ps 53:6 : 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
• Ezra 1:1-9 : 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. 5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. 6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. 7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
• Job 9:16 : 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
• Job 42:10 : 10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
• Acts 12:14-16 : 14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. 15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. 16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
• Mark 16:11 : 11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
• Luke 24:11 : 11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
• Luke 24:41 : 41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?