How shall we sing the
LORD'S song in a strange land?
How ſhall we ſing the Lords ſong: in a † ſtrange land?
אֲדָמָה , feminine noun, ʾadama — ground, land (value 50)
H127,
אֲדָמָה ʼădâmâh, ad-aw-maw'; from H119; soil (from its general redness):—country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.ground, land
ground (as general, tilled, yielding sustenance)
piece of ground, a specific plot of land
earth substance (for building or constructing)
ground as earth's visible surface
land, territory, country
whole inhabited earth
city in Naphtali
Used in 211 Verses, 28 Books 225  Occurrence Count
אֵיךְ , interjection, interrogative adverb, ʾeykh — how? (value 31)
H349,
אֵיךְ ʼêyk, ake; also אֵיכָה ʼêykâh ; and אֵיכָכָה ʼêykâkâh ; prolonged from H335; how? or how!; also where:—how, what.interrogative adverb
how?
interjection
how! (in lamentation)
expression of satisfaction
Used in 74 Verses, 25 Books 82  Occurrence Count
אֵת , particle, ʾeyt — untranslatable mark of the accusative case (value 401)
H853,
אֵת ʼêth, ayth; apparent contracted from H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):—[as such unrepresented in English].sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative
Used in 6780 Verses, 39 Books 10904  Occurrence Count
יְהֹוָה , proper noun with reference to deity, ʾadoonay — the proper name of the God of Israel (value 26)
H3068,
יְהֹוָה Yehôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'; from H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God:—Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050, H3069.Jehovah = "the existing One"
the proper name of the one true God
unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136
Used in 5519 Verses, 36 Books 6517  Occurrence Count
נֵכָר , masculine noun, neykhar — that which is foreign, foreignness (value 270)
H5236,
נֵכָר nêkâr, nay-kawr'; ' from H5234; foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom:—alien, strange (+ -er).foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign
foreignness, foreign gods
alien, foreigner
foreign (vanities)
Used in 35 Verses, 16 Books 36  Occurrence Count
עַל , conjunction, preposition, ʿal — upon, above, over (value 100)
H5921,
עַל ʻal, al; properly, the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications:—above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, × as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, × both and, by (reason of), × had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, × with.preposition
upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
above, beyond, over (of excess)
above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
over (of suspension or extension)
by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
to (as a dative)
conjunction
because that, because, notwithstanding, although
Used in 4492 Verses, 39 Books 5753  Occurrence Count
שִׁיר , verb, shiyr — to sing (value 510)
H7891,
שִׁיר shîyr, sheer; or (the original form) שׁוּר shûwr; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing:—behold (by mistake for H7789), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman).to sing
(Qal)
to sing
singer, songstresses (participle)
(Polel)
to sing
singer, songstress (participle)
(Hophal) to be sung
In
Job 36:24, this word is translated "Behold"; in modern versions, it is translated "Sing". The old translations considered the Hebrew word to be from a different root than
H7788 hence the difference in the translations. (Cf. Gill on
Job 36:24)
Used in 79 Verses, 18 Books 82  Occurrence Count
שִׁיר , feminine noun, masculine noun, shiyr — song (value 510)
H7892,
שִׁיר shîyr, sheer; or feminine שִׁירָה shîyrâh; from H7891; a song; abstractly, singing:—musical(-ick), × sing(-er, -ing), song.masculine noun
song
lyric song
religious song
song of Levitical choirs
feminine noun
song
song, ode
Used in 87 Verses, 17 Books 89  Occurrence Count
| Psalm 137:4Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| אֵ֗יךְ נָשִׁ֥יר אֶת־שִׁיר־יְהוָ֑ה עַ֝֗ל אַדְמַ֥ת נֵכָֽר׃ |
| Verse #16227 (Ch. #615) — 8 words, 25 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| How shall we sing |
H7891shiyr |
שִׁיר |
510 |
| the LORD'S |
H3068ʾadoonay |
יְהֹוָה |
26 |
| song |
H7892shiyr |
שִׁיר |
510 |
| in a strange |
H5236neykhar |
נֵכָר |
270 |
| land? |
H127ʾadama |
אֲדָמָה |
50 |
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