Deuteronomy 13:16:14Deut.13.16.W14PATWLC Deuteronomy 13:17

עוֹלָם

olam

forever

Transliteration
o-LAM
Extended
oh-LAAHM
IPA
/ʕoˈlaːm/

Meaning by language

English
forever
French
pour toujours
Spanish
para siempre
Portuguese
para sempre
German
für immer
Russian
навеки
Arabic-Simplified
إلى الأبد
Hindi
सदा के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
永远
Korean
영원히
Indonesian
selamanya
Bengali
চিরকাল
Tagalog
magpakailanman
Swahili
milele
Amharic
ለዘላለም
Yoruba
lailai
Igbo
ruo mgbe ebighị ebi
Twi
daa
Ewe
tso mavɔ me

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Result
עוֹ + לָם
o + lam
olam

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    o-LAM

  2. sentence

    veh-et-KOHL-sheh-lah-LAAH tihk-BOHTS el-to-KHAH reh-kho-VAH veh-sa-raf-TAH ba-ESH et-ha-IR veh-et-KOHL-sheh-lah-LAAH ka-LEEL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-kha veh-hah-yeh-TAH TEL o-LAM LO tib-ba-NEH OD

In contextDeuteronomy 13:16

and all its spoil gather into its midst its open square and burn with fire the city and all its spoil entirely to the LORD your God and be heap forever not be built again

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 13:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 13:16, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָם (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 Deut.13.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.16.W14.S1) and character.