Leviticus 17:7:10Lev.17.7.W10TAB
עוֹלָ֛ם
olam
“forever”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAHM
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈlam/
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
khoo-KAT o-LAM
- clause
khoo-KAT o-LAM ti-hyeh-ZOT la-HEM le-do-ro-TAM
- sentence
ve-LO-yiz-be-KHU OD ET-ziv-KHEE-HEM la-se-EE-rim a-SHER HEM zoh-NEEM a-kha-REI-hem khoo-KAT o-LAM ti-hyeh-ZOT la-HEM le-do-ro-TAM
Exegesis
The nominal construct chukat olam {חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֛ם | ḥu-qqat ʿô-lām} ‘everlasting statute’ links to tiheye-zot {תִּֽהְיֶה־זֹּ֥את | ti-hyê-zôt} ‘this shall be,’ establishing enduring obligation, followed by lahem ledorotam {לָהֶם לְדֹרֹתָֽם | lā-hēm le-ḏō-rō-tām} ‘for them and for their generations.’
In context — Leviticus 17:7
And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons , after whom they are prostituting themselves . This shall be a statute forever for them and for their generations.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 17:7, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָ֛ם (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.17.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.7.W10.S1) and character.