Proverbs 8:23:1Prov.8.23.W1TAB
מֵ֭עוֹלָם
meolam
“from eternity or from long ago”
- Transliteration
- me-o-LAM
- Extended
- mee-oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /meː.ʕoːˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from eternity or from long ago
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
me-o-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
me-o-LAM nis-SAKH-ti me-ROSH
- sentence
me-o-LAM nis-SAKH-ti me-ROSH mik-kad-ME-A-rets
Exegesis
The verse employs a series of temporal markers me’olam {מֵעוֹלָם | mê-ʿô-lām} ‘from eternity’, mê-rôʾš {מֵרֹאשׁ | mê-rôʾš} ‘from the beginning’, and miqadmê-’āreṣ {מִקַּדְמֵי־אָרֶץ | mi-qadmê-’ā-reṣ} ‘from the beginnings of the earth’. This parallel structure with asyndeton emphasizes the vast scope of Wisdom’s existence.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-mayin–lamed–mem
“long duration, perpetuity”
In context — Proverbs 8:23
From eternity, I was established , from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 8:23, so the Hebrew word מֵ֭עוֹלָם (meolam) 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 Prov.8.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.23.W1.S1) and character.