Psalm 137:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

Young's Literal Translation
For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers—joy: ‘Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.’

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
for
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

there
שָׁ֨ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

our captors
שׁוֹבֵ֡ינוּ (šō·w·ḇê·nū)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 7617: To transport into captivity

requested
שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּ (šə·’ê·lū·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common plural
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

a song,
שִׁ֭יר (r)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7892: A song, singing

and our tormentors demanded
וְתוֹלָלֵ֣ינוּ (wə·ṯō·w·lā·lê·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 8437: Causing to howl, an oppressor

songs of joy:
שִׂמְחָ֑ה (śim·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee

“Sing
שִׁ֥ירוּ (šî·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7891: To sing

us
לָ֝֗נוּ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

a song
מִשִּׁ֥יר (miš·šîr)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7892: A song, singing

of Zion.”
צִיּֽוֹן׃ (ṣî·yō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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