Exodus 12:17:16Exod.12.17.W16PAT
עוֹלָֽם׃
olam
“perpetuity”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- perpetuity
- French
- perpétuité
- Spanish
- perpetuidad
- Portuguese
- perpetuidade
- German
- Ewigkeit
- Russian
- вечность
- Arabic-Simplified
- الأبد
- Hindi
- सदा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 永远
- Korean
- 영원
- Indonesian
- keabadian
- Bengali
- চিরকাল
- Tagalog
- magpakailanman
- Swahili
- milele
- Amharic
- ዘላለም
- Yoruba
- ayeraye
- Igbo
- ebighị ebi
- Twi
- daa
- Ewe
- mavɔmavɔ
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
khu-KAT o-LAM
- clause
u-she-mar-TEM et-ha-YOM ha-ZEH le-do-ro-tei-KHEM khu-KAT o-LAM
- sentence
u-she-mar-TEM et-ha-mat-TSOT KI be-ET-sem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ho-TSE-ti et-tsiv-o-tei-KHEM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim u-she-mar-TEM et-ha-YOM ha-ZEH le-do-ro-tei-KHEM khu-KAT o-LAM
In context — Exodus 12:17
and you shall keep the unleavened breads for on the very the day this I brought out your hosts from the land of Egypt and you shall keep the day this for your generations a statute of perpetuity
About this coordinate
Exodus 12:17:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Exodus 12:17, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָֽם׃ (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 Exod.12.17.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.17.W16.S1) and character.