Numbers 18:11:11Num.18.11.W11TAB
לְחָק־עוֹלָ֑ם
lekhakolam
“as an everlasting statute”
- Transliteration
- le-KHAK-o-LAM
- Extended
- leh-KHAHK-oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /lɛˈxak.ʕoˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- as an everlasting statute
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| 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
le-KHAK-o-LAM
- clause
ve-ZE-le-KHA te-ru-MAT ma-ta-NAM le-KHOL-te-nu-FOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-KHA ne-ta-TIM u-le-va-NE-kha ve-liv-no-TE-kha it-KHA le-KHAK-o-LAM
- sentence
ve-ZE-le-KHA te-ru-MAT ma-ta-NAM le-KHOL-te-nu-FOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-KHA ne-ta-TIM u-le-va-NE-kha ve-liv-no-TE-kha it-KHA le-KHAK-o-LAM KOL-ta-HOR be-VEIT-kha yo-a-KHAL o-TO
Exegesis
The legal formula le-chaq olam {לְחָק־עוֹלָם | lə-ḥāq ʿō-lām} ‘as an everlasting statute’ uses a prepositional phrase signaling perpetuity.
Root and etymology
ח׳ק׳ק
“statute, decree”
In context — Numbers 18:11
And this is for you: the portion from their gifts for all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel. To you I have given them, and to your sons and to your daughters who are with you, as a perpetual statute . Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 18:11, so the Hebrew word לְחָק־עוֹלָ֑ם (lekhakolam) 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 Num.18.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.11.W11.S1) and character.