Deuteronomy 13:6:18Deut.13.6.W18TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:7
מֵעוֹלָֽם׃
meolam
“ever”
- Transliteration
- me-o-LAM
- Extended
- meh-oh-LAHM
- IPA
- /meːʕoˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- ever
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
me-o-LAM
- clause
nel-KHA ve-na-av-DA e-lo-HIM a-SHER lo-ya-da-TA a-TA va-a-vo-TEI-kha me-o-LAM
- sentence
ki-ya-si-TKHAF a-KHI-kha ben-i-MEKH-kha o-vin-KHA o-vit-KHA o-E-shet-KHEI-ke-kha o-re-a-KHA a-SHER ke-naf-SHE-kha ba-SE-ter le-MOR nel-KHA ve-na-av-DA e-lo-HIM a-SHER lo-ya-da-TA a-TA va-a-vo-TEI-kha me-o-LAM
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-mayin-lamed-mem
“eternity, perpetuity”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:6
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is like your own soul, secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods which you have not known, you nor your fathers .”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:6:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Deuteronomy 13:6, so the Hebrew word מֵעוֹלָֽם׃ (meolam) 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.13.6.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.6.W18.S1) and character.