King James Version

Psalms 137:2

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

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עַֽלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עֲרָבִ֥יםaravimwillowעָרָבnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “willow”, the ordinary formH6155a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles)willow.בְּתוֹכָ֑הּbetokhahin amongתָּוֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in among”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8432a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreamong(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).תָּ֝לִ֗ינוּtalinvhangתָּלָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “hang”, a completed actionH8518to suspend (especially to gibbet)hang (up).כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּkinoroteynvharpכִּנּוֹרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “harp”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3658a harpharp.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

Young’s Literal Translation

On willows in its midst we hung our harps.

World English Bible

On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.

Darby Translation

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Douay-Rheims

I will worship towards thy holy temple, and I will give glory to thy name. For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy holy name above all.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπὶ ταῖς ἰτέαις ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς ἐκρεμάσαμεν τὰ ὄργανα ἡμῶν.