Jonah 2:6:7Jonah.2.6.W7TABWLC Jonah 2:7
לְעוֹלָ֔ם
leolam
“forever”
- Transliteration
- le-o-LAM
- Extended
- leh-oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ləʕoːˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- forever
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-o-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
be-ri-KHE-ha ba-a-DI le-o-LAM
- sentence
le-kits-VE ha-RIM ya-RAD-ti ha-A-rets be-ri-KHE-ha ba-a-DI le-o-LAM va-ta-AL mi-sha-KHAT kha-YAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI
Exegesis
The sequence haaretz beriheyah baadi leolam {הָאָ֖רֶץ בְּרִחֶ֥יָה בַעֲדִ֖י לְעוֹלָ֑ם | hā-ʾā-reṣ bə-ri-ḥe-yāh ba-ʿă-ḏî lə-ʿō-lām} forms a verbless clause whose stacked noun phrases (“the earth… its bars… around me… forever”) portray confinement with relentless accumulation; lə-ʿolam ‘forever’ functions as poetic hyperbole for irreversible entrapment.
In context — Jonah 2:6
To the bases of the mountains I went down; the earth, with its bars around me, held me fast forever; yet You brought up my life from the pit , O LORD , my God .
About this coordinate
Jonah 2:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jonah 2:6, so the Hebrew word לְעוֹלָ֔ם (leolam) 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 Jonah.2.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.2.6.W7.S1) and character.