Genesis 48:4:15Gen.48.4.W15PAT

עוֹלָֽם׃

olam

everlasting

Transliteration
o-LAM
Extended
oh-LAAM
IPA
/ʕoːˈlaːm/

Meaning by language

English
everlasting
French
perpétuelle
Spanish
perpetua
Portuguese
perpétua
German
ewig
Russian
вечное
Arabic-Simplified
أبديًا
Hindi
सदा की
Chinese-Simplified
永远的
Korean
영원한
Indonesian
kekal
Bengali
চিরস্থায়ী
Tagalog
walang hanggan
Swahili
ya milele
Amharic
ዘላለማዊ
Yoruba
àìnípẹ̀kun
Igbo
ebighị ebi
Twi
daa nyinaa
Ewe
mavɔ

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Result
עוֹ + לָֽם׃
o + lam
olam

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
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

    o-LAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-khu-ZAT o-LAM

  3. clause

    ve-na-ta-TI et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha a-khu-ZAT o-LAM

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER e-LAI hi-ne-NI maf-re-KHA ve-hir-bi-TI-kha u-ne-ta-TI-kha lik-HAL a-MIM ve-na-ta-TI et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha a-khu-ZAT o-LAM

In contextGenesis 48:4

He said to me behold, I will make you fruitful will multiply you will make you into an assembly of peoples I will give land this to your offspring after you a possession everlasting

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:4:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 48:4, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָֽם׃ (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.48.4.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.4.W15.S1) and character.