Genesis 17:19:16Gen.17.19.W16PAT
עוֹלָ֖ם
olam
“everlasting”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕoː.ˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- everlasting
- French
- perpétuelle
- Spanish
- perpetuo
- Russian
- вечный
- Arabic-Simplified
- أبدي
- Hindi
- अनन्त
- Chinese-Simplified
- 永远的
- Swahili
- wa milele
- Twi
- daa nyinaa mu
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
li-ve-REET o-LAM
- clause
va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-be-ri-TI i-TO li-ve-REET o-LAM le-za-re-O a-kha-RAV
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM a-VAL sa-RA i-she-te-KHA yo-LE-det le-KHA BEN ve-ka-RA-ta et-she-MO yi-tse-KHAK va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-be-ri-TI i-TO li-ve-REET o-LAM le-za-re-O a-kha-RAV
In context — Genesis 17:19
God and said but your wife Sarah shall bear for you a son and you shall call his name Isaac and I will establish my covenant with him for a covenant everlasting to his offspring after him
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 17:19, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָ֖ם (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 Gen.17.19.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.19.W16.S1) and character.