1 Samuel 20:15:51 Sam.20.15.W5TAB
עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם
adolam
“until eternity or forever”
- Transliteration
- ad-o-LAM
- Extended
- ahd-oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕad.ʕoːˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- until eternity or forever
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ad-o-LAM
- clause
ve-LO-ta-KHRIT et-khas-DE-kha me-IM be-TI ad-o-LAM
- sentence
ve-LO-ta-KHRIT et-khas-DE-kha me-IM be-TI ad-o-LAM ve-LO be-hak-HRIT ye-ho-VAH et-o-ye-VE da-VID ISH me-AL pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The adverbial phrase ad-olam {עַד־עוֹלָם | ʿad-ʿō-lām} ‘forever’ specifies duration.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:15
Do not cut off your kindness from my house forever—no, not even when the LORD cuts off the enemies of David, every one of them, from the face of the earth.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 20:15, so the Hebrew word עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם (adolam) 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 Sam.20.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.15.W5.S1) and character.