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Yirmiyah ben Ḥilkiyah haKohen
Yirmiyah (or Jeremiah, Hebrew: יִרְמְיָהוּ, Yirmĭyāhū; Greek: Ἰερεμίας; Arabic: إرميا Irmiyā meaning "Yah Exalts", circa late 7th century through early 6th century), also called the "Weeping prophet", is one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition, Yirmiyah authored Sefer Yirmiyahu (the book of Jeremiah), Melakhim (the books of Kings), and Megillat Eikhah (the Scroll/Book of Lamentations), together with the assistance and under the editorship of Barukh ben Neriyah, his scribe and disciple.
Blessings After Eating | Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150) | Eikhah (Lamentations) | Parashat b'Har | Parashat b'Ḥuqotai | Parashat Bo | Parashat Mas'ei | Parashat Matōt | Parashat Mishpatim | Parashat Tsav | Rosh haShanah Readings | Tishah b'Av | Tishah b'Av Readings | Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) | 🇮🇱 Yom ha-Atsma'ut Readings
acrostic | על נהרות בבל Al naharot Bavel | alienation | Alphabetic Acrostic | anti-predatory | Cantillated readings in English | Concordant translation | ecoḥasid | English Translation | Exilic Period | Five Megillot | הפטרות haftarot | Jeremiah | lamentation | מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael | Mourning this Broken World | Psalms for Fast Days | Religious Zionism | transtropilation | ultraviolence | ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim | Yirmiyahu | 6th century B.C.E. | 21st century C.E. | 33rd century A.M. | 58th century A.M.
תהלים קל״ז | Psalms 137 (Al Naharot Bavel :: By the Rivers of Babylon), translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Contributed on: 06 Aug 2019 by the Masoretic Text | Yirmiyah ben Ḥilkiyah haKohen | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) | ❧
Psalm 137 is traditionally recited before the Birkat Hamazon (the Blessing [after eating] the Meal) on a weekday. Psalms 137 (with Psalms 138:1) is read on the day of the Fast of Tisha b’Av. . . .
