Deuteronomy 13:16:14Deut.13.16.W14TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:17
עוֹלָם
olam
“forever”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAHM
- IPA
- /ʕoˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- forever
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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Word in context
- word
o-LAM
- sentence
ve-ET-KOL-she-la-LAH tik-BOTS el-to-KHAH re-kho-VAH ve-sa-RAF-ta ba-ESH et-ha-IR ve-ET-KOL-she-la-LAH ka-LIL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEY-kha ve-ha-ye-TAH TEL o-LAM LO ti-va-NEH OD
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-mayin-lamed-mem
“eternity, perpetuity”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:16
You shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its open square, and you shall burn the city and all its plunder wholly to the LORD your God . It shall be a heap forever and shall never be rebuilt.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 13:16, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָם (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 Deut.13.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.16.W14.S1) and character.