Job 22:15:2Job.22.15.W2TAB
עוֹלָ֣ם
olam
“of old or everlasting”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of old or 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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The word
Word in context
- word
o-LAM
- clause
ha-O-rakh o-LAM tish-MOR
- sentence
ha-O-rakh o-LAM tish-MOR a-SHER dar-KHU me-TE-A-ven
Exegesis
The Hebrew text opens with a definite construct noun phrase combining ha’orach {הַאֹ֣רַח | ha-’ō-rāḥ} ‘the path’ and ‘ôlām {עוֹלָ֣ם | ʿô-lām} ‘ancient’, yielding “the ancient path.”
Root and etymology
ע־ו־ל־ם
“eternal duration”
In context — Job 22:15
Will you keep the everlasting path that men of iniquity have walked ?
About this coordinate
Job 22:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 22:15, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָ֣ם (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 Job.22.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.15.W2.S1) and character.