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

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Result
לְ + עֹ + לָ֔ם
le + o + lam
leolam

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
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

    le-o-LAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    zeh-she-MI le-o-LAM

  3. clause

    zeh-she-MI le-o-LAM ve-ZE zikh-RI le-DOR DOR

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.