Psalm 137:5
Strong's Lexicon
If
אִֽם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

I forget you,
אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ (’eš·kā·ḥêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7911: 1) to forget, ignore, wither 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to forget 1a2) to cease to care 1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten 1c) (Piel) to cause to forget 1d) (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget 1e) (Hithpael) to be forgotten

O Jerusalem,
יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem = 'teaching of peace' 1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

may my right hand
יְמִינִֽי׃ (yə·mî·nî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3225: 1) right, right hand, right side 1a) right hand 1b) right (of direction) 1c) south (the direction of the right hand when facing East)

cease to function.
תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח (tiš·kaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7911: 1) to forget, ignore, wither 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to forget 1a2) to cease to care 1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten 1c) (Piel) to cause to forget 1d) (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget 1e) (Hithpael) to be forgotten

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

Young's Literal Translation
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

New American Standard Bible
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget [her skill].

King James Bible
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning].
Parallel Verses
New International Version
If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

New Living Translation
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp.

English Standard Version
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill!

New American Standard Bible
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill.

King James Bible
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

International Standard Version
If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

NET Bible
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!

American Standard Version
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill .

English Revised Version
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

Young's Literal Translation
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
















Cross References
Isaiah 65:11
But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

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 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 137:4
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?

Psalm 137:3
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

Psalm 137:2
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

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