Leviticus 23:41:9Lev.23.41.W9TAB
עוֹלָם֙
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
khu-KAT o-LAM
- clause
khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEE-khem ba-KHO-desh hash-she-vee-EE ta-KHO-gu o-TO
- sentence
ve-kha-go-TEM o-TO KHAG la-ye-ho-VAH shiv-AT ya-MIM ba-sha-NA khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEE-khem ba-KHO-desh hash-she-vee-EE ta-KHO-gu o-TO
Exegesis
The clause chukkat olam le-doroteichem {חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם | ḥuqqat ʿôlām le-ḏōrōṯê-kem} links the enduring statute to successive generations through another construct relationship.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-lamed-mem
“forever, eternity”
In context — Leviticus 23:41
And you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD for seven days in the year; it is a perpetual statute for your generations. In the seventh month you shall celebrate it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:41:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 23:41, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָם֙ (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.23.41.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.41.W9.S1) and character.