Joshua 14:9:16Josh.14.9.W16TAB
עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם
adolam
“forever”
- Transliteration
- ad-o-LAM
- Extended
- ad-oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕad.oˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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Word in context
- word
ad-o-LAM
- clause
va-yi-sha-VA mo-SHEH ba-YOM ha-HU le-MOR im-LO ha-A-retz a-SHER dar-KHA rag-le-KHA BAH le-KHA tih-YE le-na-kha-LA u-le-va-NE-kha ad-o-LAM
- sentence
va-yi-sha-VA mo-SHEH ba-YOM ha-HU le-MOR im-LO ha-A-retz a-SHER dar-KHA rag-le-KHA BAH le-KHA tih-YE le-na-kha-LA u-le-va-NE-kha ad-o-LAM ki mil-LE-ta a-kha-REI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI
Exegesis
The promise is articulated with the imperfect tihyeh {תִּהְיֶה | tih-yêh}, denoting future possession, specifying lenachalah {לְנַחֲלָה | lə-na-ḥă-lāh} and ulevanekha {וּלְבָנֶיךָ | u-lə-vā-nĕ-ḵā} for heirs, and adolam {עַד־עוֹלָם | ʿad-ō-lām} for perpetuity.
In context — Joshua 14:9
So Moses swore on that day, “Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have fully followed after the LORD my God .”
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Joshua 14:9, so the Hebrew word עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם (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 Josh.14.9.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.9.W16.S1) and character.