Psalm 137:9
Strong's Lexicon
Blessed is
אַשְׁרֵ֤י ׀ (’aš·rê)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 835: 1) happiness, blessedness 1a) often used as interjection 1b) blessed are

he who seizes
שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז (še·yō·ḥêz)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 270: 1) grasp, take hold, seize, take possession 1a) (Qal) to grasp, take hold of 1b) (Niphal) to be caught, grasped, be settled 1c) (Piel) to enclose, overlay 1d) (Hophal) fastened

your infants
עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ (‘ō·lā·la·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5768: 1) child, boy

and dashes
וְנִפֵּ֬ץ (wə·nip·pêṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5310: 1) to shatter, break, dash, beat in pieces 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to shatter 1a2) shattering (infinitive) 1b) (Piel) to dash to pieces 1c) (Pual) to pulverise 2) to scatter, disperse, overspread, be scattered 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to be scattered 2a2) dispersed (participle)

אֶֽת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

them against
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

the rocks.
הַסָּֽלַע׃ (has·sā·la‘)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5553: 1) crag, cliff, rock 1a) crag, cliff 1b) as stronghold of Jehovah, of security (fig.)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

Young's Literal Translation
O the happiness{.htm" title="{"> of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Happy is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rocks.

New American Standard Bible
How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.

King James Bible
Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

New Living Translation
Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks!

English Standard Version
Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!

New American Standard Bible
How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.

King James Bible
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Happy is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rocks.

International Standard Version
How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff!

NET Bible
How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!

American Standard Version
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.

English Revised Version
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

Young's Literal Translation
O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!
















Cross References
Mark 9:18
And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

2 Kings 8:12
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

Isaiah 13:16
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

Nahum 3:10
Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Psalm 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

Psalm 137:6
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.

Psalm 138:1
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

Psalm 138:2
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
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