1 Chronicles 16:34:61 Chr.16.34.W6TAB
לְעוֹלָ֖ם
leolam
“to forever or for eternity”
- Transliteration
- le-o-LAM
- Extended
- leh-oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ləʕoːˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to forever or for eternity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-o-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
KI le-o-LAM
- sentence
ho-DOO la-ye-ho-VAH KI TOV KI le-o-LAM kha-sed-DO
Exegesis
Second, ki leolam chasdo {כִּ֥י לְעוֹלָ֖ם חַסְדּֽוֹ | kî lə-ʿô·lām ḥas·dô} presents a tersely ordered clause in which the fronted duration phrase leolam ‘to forever’ highlights permanence, while chasdo ‘His steadfast love’ states the enduring basis for worship. The English renderings preserve the double-reason structure (“for…for / because…because”) to keep the verse’s balanced, liturgical parallelism.
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–lamed–mem
“concealment, long duration”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:34
Give thanks to the LORD , for He is good; for His steadfast love is forever.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 16:34, so the Hebrew word לְעוֹלָ֖ם (leolam) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.16.34.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.34.W6.S1) and character.