Genesis 3:22:21Gen.3.22.W21PAT
לְעֹלָֽם׃
leolam
“forever”
- Transliteration
- le-o-LAM
- Extended
- leh-oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /lə.ʕo.ˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- forever
- French
- pour toujours
- Spanish
- para siempre
- Portuguese
- para sempre
- German
- für immer
- Russian
- вовек
- Arabic-Simplified
- إِلَى الْأَبَدِ
- Hindi
- सदा के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 直到永远
- Korean
- 영원히
- Indonesian
- untuk selamanya
- Bengali
- চিরকাল
- Tagalog
- magpakailanman
- Swahili
- milele
- Amharic
- ለዘላለም
- Yoruba
- lailai
- Igbo
- ruo mgbe ebighị ebi
- Twi
- daa
- 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
va-KHAI le-o-LAM
- clause
ve-a-TA pen-yish-LAKH ya-DO ve-la-KAKH GAM me-ETS ha-khai-YIM ve-a-KHAL va-KHAI le-o-LAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM HEN ha-a-DAM ha-YA ke-a-KHAD mim-MEN-nu la-DA-at TOV va-RA ve-a-TA pen-yish-LAKH ya-DO ve-la-KAKH GAM me-ETS ha-khai-YIM ve-a-KHAL va-KHAI le-o-LAM
In context — Genesis 3:22
LORD God said see the human being has become like one of us knowing good and evil and now lest he stretch out his hand take also from the tree of life eat live forever
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:22:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Genesis 3:22, so the Hebrew word לְעֹלָֽם׃ (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 Gen.3.22.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.22.W21.S1) and character.