Jeremiah 17:4:15Jer.17.4.W15TAB
עַד־עוֹלָ֥ם
adolam
“unto forever”
- Transliteration
- ad-O-lam
- Extended
- ahd-oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕað.ʕoːˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- unto forever
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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
ad-O-lam
- phraseyour reading level
ad-O-lam tu-KAD
- clause
ki-ESH ke-dakh-TEM be-a-PI ad-O-lam tu-KAD
- sentence
ve-sha-MAT-ta u-ve-KHA min-na-kha-LAT-kha a-SHER na-TAT-ti LAKH ve-ha-a-vad-TI-kha et-OI-ve-kha ba-A-rets a-SHER lo-ya-DAT-ta ki-ESH ke-dakh-TEM be-a-PI ad-O-lam tu-KAD
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces esh kedakhtem {אֵשׁ קְדַחְתֶּם | ʾēš qə-daḥ-tem} ‘fire you have kindled,’ and the Nifal imperfect tukad {תּוּקָד | tû-qāḏ} ‘it shall burn’ with adolam {עַד־עוֹלָם | ʿad-ʿō-lām} ‘forever’ conveys perpetual judgment. The sequence underscores divine retribution through dispossession, exile, and unending fire.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-m
“long duration, eternity”
In context — Jeremiah 17:4
And you shall let go of your inheritance which I gave you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land you did not know because you kindled a fire in my anger , and it shall burn forever.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:4:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Jeremiah 17:4, so the Hebrew word עַד־עוֹלָ֥ם (adolam) 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 Jer.17.4.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.4.W15.S1) and character.