Leviticus 25:32:7Lev.25.32.W7TAB
עוֹלָ֖ם
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
ge-u-LAT o-LAM
- clause
ge-u-LAT o-LAM tih-YEH la-le-vi-YIM
- sentence
ve-a-REI ha-le-vi-YIM ba-TEI a-REI a-khu-za-TAM ge-u-LAT o-LAM tih-YEH la-le-vi-YIM
Exegesis
The noun geullat {גְּאֻלַּת | gə-ʼul-lat} in construct with olam {עוֹלָם | ʿō-lām} forms “everlasting redemption,” with olam marking perpetual duration.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-lamed-mem
“eternity, perpetuity”
In context — Leviticus 25:32
And the cities of the Levites , and the houses in the cities of their possession, shall be an everlasting redemption for the Levites.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 25:32, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָ֖ם (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.25.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.32.W7.S1) and character.