Genesis 17:19:16Gen.17.19.W16TAB
עוֹלָ֖ם
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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Word in context
- word
o-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
li-ve-REET o-LAM
- clause
va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-be-ri-TI i-TO li-ve-REET o-LAM le-zar-O a-kha-RAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM a-VAL sa-RA ish-te-KHA yo-LE-det le-KHA BEN ve-ka-RA-ta et-she-MO yits-KHAK va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-be-ri-TI i-TO li-ve-REET o-LAM le-zar-O a-kha-RAV
Exegesis
The construct librit olam {לִבְרִית עוֹלָם | li-və-rît ʿō-lām} specifies the duration, and the final prepositional phrase lezarʿo acharav {לְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָיו | lə-zar-ʿō ʾa-ḥă-rāw} extends the covenant to descendants. Hebrew waw-consecutive forms map onto English future and modal constructions to preserve the sequence of declaration, naming, and covenant establishment.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-lamed-mem
“hidden duration, everlasting”
In context — Genesis 17:19
And God said, “No—Sarah your wife will bear for you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 17:19, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָ֖ם (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 Gen.17.19.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.19.W16.S1) and character.