Genesis 9:12:15Gen.9.12.W15PAT

עוֹלָֽם׃

olam

eternity

Transliteration
o-LAM
Extended
oh-LAAM
IPA
/ʕoː.ˈlaːm/

Meaning by language

English
eternity
French
éternité
Spanish
eternidad
Portuguese
eternidade
German
Ewigkeit
Russian
вечности
Arabic-Simplified
الأَبَدِ
Hindi
अनन्तकाल की
Chinese-Simplified
永恒的
Korean
영원의
Indonesian
kekekalan
Bengali
অনন্তকাল
Tagalog
walang hanggan
Swahili
milele
Amharic
የዘላለም
Yoruba
àìnípẹ̀kun
Igbo
ebighị ebi
Twi
daa
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. clause

    le-do-ROT o-LAM

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ZOT ot-ha-be-RIT a-sher-a-NI no-TEN bei-NI u-vei-ne-KHEM u-VEIN kol-NE-fesh kha-YA a-SHER i-te-KHEM le-do-ROT o-LAM

In contextGenesis 9:12

God {And} said this sign of the covenant that I give between me and between you and between every creature living that with you for generations of eternity

About this coordinate

Genesis 9:12:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 9:12, 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.9.12.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.12.W15.S1) and character.