Psalms 126:1

American Standard Version (1901)

[A Song of Ascents]. When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת בְּשׁ֣וּב יְ֭הוָה אֶת־שִׁיבַ֣ת צִיּ֑וֹן הָ֝יִ֗ינוּ כְּחֹלְמִֽים׃

Transliteration

šîr the maʿălôt in šûb YHWH ʾet-šîbat ṣiyyôn hāyînû as-ḥōlǝmîm

Grammar Details

• *šîr*: construct noun, masculine singular - song of
• *maʿălôt*: plural feminine noun with definite article - the ascents/steps/pilgrimages
• *šûb*: infinitive construct of verb - return of/when returned
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *šîbat*: construct noun, feminine singular - return/captivity of
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
• *hāyînû*: qal perfect, 1st person plural - we were
• *ḥōlǝmîm*: masculine plural participle - dreamers/dreaming ones

Word Meanings

• *šîbat*: captivity/fortunes/restoration
• *šûb*: to return/restore/bring back
• *maʿălôt*: ascents/steps/degrees/pilgrimages

Referenced Verses

• Hos 6:11 : 11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
• Ps 85:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the sons of Korah]. Jehovah, thou hast been favorable unto thy land; Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
• Jer 31:8-9 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall they return hither. 9 They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born. 10 Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
• Ps 120:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.
• Joel 3:1 : 1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
• Acts 12:9 : 9 And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.
• Ps 121:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?
• Ps 122:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents; of David]. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
• Ps 123:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.
• Ps 124:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents; of David]. If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,
• Ps 125:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
• Ps 53:6 : 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
• Ezra 1:1-9 : 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, the God of heaven, given me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Whosoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever is left, in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem. 5 Then rose up the heads of fathers' [houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem. 6 And all they that were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered. 7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods; 8 even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
• Job 9:16 : 16 If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
• Job 42:10 : 10 And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.
• Acts 12:14-16 : 14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate. 15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel. 16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.
• Mark 16:11 : 11 And they, when they heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, disbelieved.
• Luke 24:11 : 11 And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.
• Luke 24:41 : 41 And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here anything to eat?