Psalms 137:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תִּדְבַּֽק־לְשׁוֹנִ֨י ׀ לְחִכִּי֮ אִם־לֹ֢א אֶזְכְּ֫רֵ֥כִי אִם־לֹ֣א אַ֭עֲלֶה אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֑͏ִם עַ֝֗ל רֹ֣אשׁ שִׂמְחָתֽ͏ִי׃

Transliteration

tidbaq-lᵉšōnī to ḥikkī if not ʾezkᵉrēkī if not ʾaʿăleh ʾet-Yᵉrūšālaim upon rōʾš śimḥātī

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 3:26 : 26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
Ps 22:15 : 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather{H8804)} be a doorkeeper{H8705)} in the house of my God, than to dwell{H8800)} in the tents of wickedness.
Isa 41:17 : 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Lam 4:4 : 4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Phil 1:20 : 20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
1 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: 8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
Job 29:10 : 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

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