Daniel 7:18:9Dan.7.18.W9TAB
עָלַ֥ם
alam
“everlasting duration or age”
- Transliteration
- a-LAM
- Extended
- aa-LAHM
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlam/
Meaning by language
- English
- everlasting duration or age
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-LAM ol-mai-YA
- clause
ve-yakh-se-NUN mal-khu-TA ad-ol-MA ve-AD a-LAM ol-mai-YA
- sentence
vi-yka-BE-lun mal-khu-TA ka-di-SHE e-lyo-NIN ve-yakh-se-NUN mal-khu-TA ad-ol-MA ve-AD a-LAM ol-mai-YA
Exegesis
The final temporal expressions ad-alma ve-ad olam olmaya {עֽ͏ַד־עָ֣לְמָ֔א וְעַ֖ד עָלַ֥ם עָלְמַיָּֽא | ʿad-ʿāl-mā wə-ʿad ʿā-lam ʿā-lə-may-yā} employ a progressive formula for perpetual duration, rendered “forever, even to the age of ages” in formal and adapted to “for all time… every age” in dynamic to convey unbroken continuity.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-mʿayin–lamed–mem
“eternity, permanence”
In context — Daniel 7:18
But the holy ones of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess the kingdom forever, even to the age of ages .
About this coordinate
Daniel 7:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 7:18, so the Hebrew word עָלַ֥ם (alam) 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.7.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.18.W9.S1) and character.