Deuteronomy 15:17:9Deut.15.17.W9PAT
עוֹלָ֑ם
olam
“forever”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕo.ˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- forever
- French
- pour toujours
- Spanish
- para siempre
- Portuguese
- para sempre
- German
- für immer
- Russian
- навсегда
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى الأبد
- Hindi
- सदा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 永远
- Korean
- 영원히
- Indonesian
- selamanya
- Bengali
- চিরকাল
- Tagalog
- magpakailanman
- Swahili
- milele
- Amharic
- ለዘላለም
- Yoruba
- titi lai
- Igbo
- ruo mgbe ebighị ebi
- Twi
- daa
- Ewe
- ɣesiaɣi
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
E-ved o-LAM
- clause
ve-la-KAKH-ta et-ham-mar-TSE-a ve-na-TAT-ta be-ahz-NO oo-va-DE-let ve-ha-YA le-KHA E-ved o-LAM
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH-ta et-ham-mar-TSE-a ve-na-TAT-ta be-ahz-NO oo-va-DE-let ve-ha-YA le-KHA E-ved o-LAM ve-AF la-a-mat-KHA ta-a-SEH-KEN
In context — Deuteronomy 15:17
take the awl put in his ear and in the door be to you slave forever and also do the same to your female slave
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 15:17, 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 Deut.15.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.17.W9.S1) and character.