Daniel 12:2:7Dan.12.2.W7TAB
עוֹלָ֔ם
olam
“eternity”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕoː.ˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- eternity
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
leh-kha-YEH o-LAM
- clause
EH-leh leh-kha-YEH o-LAM veh-EH-leh lah-kha-ra-FOT leh-dir-OHN o-LAM
- sentence
veh-rab-BEEM mee-yeh-sheh-NEE ad-MAT-a-FAAR yaa-KEE-tsu EH-leh leh-kha-YEH o-LAM veh-EH-leh lah-kha-ra-FOT leh-dir-OHN o-LAM
Exegesis
The demonstratives elleh {אֵלֶּה | ʾêl-leh} ‘these’ and ve-elleh {וְאֵלֶּה | wə-ʾêl-leh} ‘and these’ introduce the two destinies marked by lechayyei olam {לְחַיֵּי עוֹלָם | lə-ḥay-yê ʿō-lām} ‘to life of eternity’ and lacharafot lediron olam {לַחֲרָפוֹת לְדִרְא֥וֹן עוֹלָֽם | la-ḥă-rā-ḇōṯ lə-dir-ʾôn ʿō-lām} ‘to disgrace and abhorrence of eternity.’ The parallelism and chiastic structure underscore the eschatological contrast between reward and judgment.
Root and etymology
RootAyn-Lamed-Mem
“eternity”
In context — Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake—some to everlasting life and others to disgrace and eternal contempt .
About this coordinate
Daniel 12:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Daniel 12:2, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָ֔ם (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 Dan.12.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.12.2.W7.S1) and character.