Leviticus 24:8:12Lev.24.8.W12TAB
עוֹלָֽם׃
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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Word in context
- word
o-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
be-REET o-LAM
- clause
me-ET beh-nee-yis-ra-EL be-REET o-LAM
- sentence
be-YOM ha-sha-BAT be-YOM ha-sha-BAT ya-ar-KHE-nu lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ta-MEED me-ET beh-nee-yis-ra-EL be-REET o-LAM
Exegesis
The construct phrase benê-Yiśrā’ēl {בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | bə-nê Yi-srā-’ēl} ‘sons of Israel’ denotes the community as source, and bərît ‘ôlām {בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם | bə-rît ‘ō-lām} ‘everlasting covenant’ frames the act within enduring divine promise. The shift from Hebrew VSO to English SVO preserves the emphatic temporal opening and symmetry of the repeated Sabbath clause.
Root and etymology
ayin-lamed-memayin-lamed-mem
“eternity, forever”
In context — Leviticus 24:8
On each Sabbath day he shall arrange it before the LORD continually, as a perpetual covenant from the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 24:8, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָֽם׃ (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.24.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.8.W12.S1) and character.