Genesis 17:8:12Gen.17.8.W12TAB
עוֹלָ֑ם
olam
“everlasting”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕoː.ˈlaːm/
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
- clause
ve-na-tat-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
- sentence
ve-na-tat-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The legal-temporal clause la'achuzat olam {לַאֲחֻזַּת עוֹלָם | la-ʾa-ḥuz-zat ʿô-lām} fuses hereditary tenure with enduring duration.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-mAyin–Lamed–Mem
“eternity, hidden”
In context — Genesis 17:8
I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land where you live as a foreigner, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession , and I will be God to them.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 17:8, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָ֑ם (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.17.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.8.W12.S1) and character.