2 Samuel 23:5:62 Sam.23.5.W6TAB
עוֹלָ֜ם
olam
“everlasting”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- everlasting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
o-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
KI ve-RIT o-LAM
- clause
KI ve-RIT o-LAM SAM LI a-ru-KHA ba-KOL u-she-mu-RA ki-khol-yi-she-I ve-khol-KHE-fets ki-LO yats-MI-a
- sentence
ki-LO-KHEN be-TI im-EL KI ve-RIT o-LAM SAM LI a-ru-KHA ba-KOL u-she-mu-RA ki-khol-yi-she-I ve-khol-KHE-fets ki-LO yats-MI-a
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-mʿ-l-m
“eternity, everlasting”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:5
Although my house is not so with God , yet He has set for me an everlasting covenant, arranged in all things and kept secure, for all my salvation and every desire—though He does not cause it to sprout.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 23:5, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָ֜ם (olam) 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 2 Sam.23.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.5.W6.S1) and character.