Leviticus 25:46:7Lev.25.46.W7PAT

לְעֹלָ֖ם

leolam

forever

Transliteration
le-o-LAM
Extended
leh-oh-LAAM
IPA
/ləʕoˈlam/

Meaning by language

English
forever
French
pour toujours
Spanish
para siempre
Portuguese
para sempre
German
für immer
Russian
навсегда
Arabic-Simplified
إلى الأبد
Hindi
सदा के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
永远
Korean
영원히
Indonesian
selamanya
Bengali
চিরকাল
Tagalog
magpakailanman
Swahili
milele
Amharic
ለዘላለም
Yoruba
laelae
Igbo
ruo mgbe ebighị ebi
Twi
daa nyinaa
Ewe
gbɔgblɔ ɖe sia ɖe

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Result
לְ + עֹ + לָ֖ם
le + o + lam
leolam

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
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

    le-o-LAM

  2. clause

    ve-hit-na-khal-TEM o-TAM liv-ne-KHEM a-kha-RE-khem la-RE-shet a-khu-ZAH le-o-LAM ba-HEM ta-a-vo-DU

  3. sentence

    ve-hit-na-khal-TEM o-TAM liv-ne-KHEM a-kha-RE-khem la-RE-shet a-khu-ZAH le-o-LAM ba-HEM ta-a-vo-DU u-ve-a-KHE-khem be-NEI-YIS-ra-EL ISH be-a-KHI-v LO-tir-DEH bo be-FA-rekh

In contextLeviticus 25:46

bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever with them serve and over your brothers the sons of Israel a man over his brother shall not rule over him with harshness

About this coordinate

Leviticus 25:46:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 25:46, so the Hebrew word לְעֹלָ֖ם (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 Lev.25.46.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.46.W7.S1) and character.