Genesis 17:8:12Gen.17.8.W12PAT
עוֹלָ֑ם
olam
“for ever”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕoː.ˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for ever
- French
- à perpétuité
- Spanish
- perpetua
- Portuguese
- perpétua
- German
- für immer
- Russian
- навеки
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَبَدًا
- Hindi
- सदा के लिये
- Chinese-Simplified
- 直到永远
- Korean
- 영원히
- Indonesian
- untuk selamanya
- Bengali
- চিরদিনের জন্য
- Tagalog
- magpakailanman
- Swahili
- ya milele
- Amharic
- ለዘላለም
- Yoruba
- títí láé
- Igbo
- ruo mgbe ebighị ebi
- Twi
- daa
- Ewe
- tegbee
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
- clause
ve-na-ta-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
- sentence
ve-na-ta-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM
In context — Genesis 17:8
I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings all the land of Canaan for a possession for ever I will be their God
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 17:8, 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 Gen.17.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.8.W12.S1) and character.