Leviticus 16:34:4Lev.16.34.W4TAB
עוֹלָ֗ם
olam
“forever”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕoˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- forever
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
- phraseyour reading level
le-khu-KAT o-LAM
- clause
veh-hah-yeh-tah-ZOT la-KHEM le-khu-KAT o-LAM le-ka-PER al-be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-KOL-khat-to-TAHM a-KHAT ba-sha-NAH
- sentence
veh-hah-yeh-tah-ZOT la-KHEM le-khu-KAT o-LAM le-ka-PER al-be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-KOL-khat-to-TAHM a-KHAT ba-sha-NAH va-ya-AS ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH et-MO-sheh
Exegesis
The demonstrative zot {זֹאת | zōṯ} specifies the instruction, and the construct chain lechukkat olam {לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם | lə-ḥuk-kāṯ ’ô-lām} expresses a perpetual statute.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–mem
“eternity or perpetuity”
In context — Leviticus 16:34
And this shall be for you an everlasting statute to make atonement for the sons of Israel from all their sins once in the year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 16:34, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָ֗ם (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 Lev.16.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.34.W4.S1) and character.