Psalm 21:4:8Ps.21.4.W8TABWLC Psalms 21:5
עוֹלָ֥ם
olam
“forever”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈlaːm/
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
o-LAM va-ED
- clause
O-rekh ya-MIM o-LAM va-ED
- sentence
kha-YIM sha-AL mim-me-KHA na-TAT-ta LO O-rekh ya-MIM o-LAM va-ED
Exegesis
The paired nouns olam vaʿed {עוֹלָם וָעֶד | ʿō-lām wā-ʿe-ʾd} ‘forever and ever’ build intensity via synonymous parallelism. The perfect–perfect sequence underscores divine granting as the result of human petition and emphasizes intimate divine-human interaction.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-w-l
“eternity”
In context — Psalm 21:4
He asked life from You ; You gave him length of days, forever and ever.
About this coordinate
Psalm 21:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Psalm 21:4, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָ֥ם (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 Ps.21.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.21.4.W8.S1) and character.