Exodus 3:15:20Exod.3.15.W20PAT
לְעֹלָ֔ם
leolam
“forever”
- Transliteration
- le-o-LAM
- Extended
- leh-oh-LAHM
- IPA
- /lə.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
- 直到永远
- Korean
- 영원히
- Indonesian
- untuk selamanya
- Bengali
- চিরকাল
- Tagalog
- magpakailanman
- Swahili
- milele
- Amharic
- ለዘላለም
- Yoruba
- titilai
- Igbo
- rue mgbe ebighị ebi
- Twi
- daa nyinaa
- Ewe
- tegbee
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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
le-o-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
zeh-she-MI le-o-LAM
- clause
zeh-she-MI le-o-LAM ve-ZE zikh-RI le-DOR DOR
- sentence
va-YO-mer OD e-lo-HIM el-MO-sheh ko-to-a-MAR el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TEI-khem e-lo-HEI av-ra-HAM e-lo-HEI yits-KHAK ve-e-lo-HEI ya-a-KOV she-la-KHA-ni a-LEI-khem zeh-she-MI le-o-LAM ve-ZE zikh-RI le-DOR DOR
In context — Exodus 3:15
and said again God to Moses thus you shall say to the sons of Israel LORD God of your fathers God of Abraham God of Isaac and God of Jacob has sent me to you this is my name forever and this my remembrance to generation generation
About this coordinate
Exodus 3:15:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Exodus 3:15, so the Hebrew word לְעֹלָ֔ם (leolam) 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.3.15.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.3.15.W20.S1) and character.