Numbers 19:21:4Num.19.21.W4TAB
עוֹלָ֑ם
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
le-khu-KAT o-LAM
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TAH la-HEM le-khu-KAT o-LAM
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TAH la-HEM le-khu-KAT o-LAM u-maz-ZEH mei-ha-ni-DAH ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ha-no-GEA be-MEI ha-ni-DAH yit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The construct chain lekhukkat olam {לְחֻקַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם | ləḥuqqāṯ ʿōlām} ‘statute forever’ emphasizes perpetuity.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Lamed–Mem
“unseen, perpetual”
In context — Numbers 19:21
And it shall be for them a statute forever, and the one who sprinkles the water of impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water of impurity will be unclean until evening .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 19:21, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָ֑ם (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 Num.19.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.21.W4.S1) and character.