Genesis 6:4:19Gen.6.4.W19PAT
מֵעוֹלָ֖ם
meolam
“from ancient times”
- Transliteration
- me-o-LAM
- Extended
- meh-oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /meː.ʕoːˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from ancient times
- French
- depuis les temps anciens
- Spanish
- desde tiempos antiguos
- Portuguese
- desde os tempos antigos
- German
- von alters her
- Russian
- из древности
- Arabic-Simplified
- منذ القدم
- Hindi
- प्राचीनकाल से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 自古以来
- Korean
- 옛적부터
- Indonesian
- dari zaman dahulu
- Bengali
- প্রাচীনকাল থেকে
- Tagalog
- noong unang panahon
- Swahili
- tangu zamani
- Amharic
- ከጥንት ዘመን
- Yoruba
- láti ìgbà àtijọ́
- Igbo
- site n'oge ochie
- Twi
- fi tete
- Ewe
- tso blema
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
me-o-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER me-o-LAM
- clause
HEM-ma hag-gi-bo-RIM a-SHER me-o-LAM an-SHEI ha-SHEM
- sentence
han-ne-fi-LIM ha-YU ba-A-rets ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM ve-GAM a-kha-rei-KHEN a-SHER ya-VO-u be-NEI ha-e-lo-HIM el-be-NOT ha-a-DAM ve-yal-DU la-HEM HEM-ma hag-gi-bo-RIM a-SHER me-o-LAM an-SHEI ha-SHEM
In context — Genesis 6:4
the Nephilim were on the earth in the days those and also afterward when entered sons of God to daughters of humankind gave birth to them these were the powerful men who from ancient times men of fame
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:4:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Genesis 6:4, so the Hebrew word מֵעוֹלָ֖ם (meolam) 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.6.4.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.4.W19.S1) and character.