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עולם

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־ל־ם (ʿ-l-m)

Cognate with Aramaic עָלְמָא (ʿāləmā), Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam), Amharic ዓለም (ʿaläm).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /oˈlam/
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /oɪ.lɔm/
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕoˈlam/, [ŋoˈlam]
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕøːˈlɔm/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕoˈlɔm/
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕoːˈlam/
Rhymes: -am

Noun

עוֹלָם • ('olám) m (plural indefinite עוֹלָמִים, singular construct עוֹלַם־, plural construct עוֹלְמֵי־)

(The) world: (the) Earth, (the) globe.
(The) world: the states and nations of the world.
A world: an area, a field of study.
Ever, eternity.
A world: the entirety of a person's life and experience.

Declension

Declension of עוֹלָם

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	עוֹלָם	first	עוֹלָמִי		עוֹלָמֵנוּ
	definite	הָעוֹלָם	second	עוֹלָמְךָ	עוֹלָמֵךְ	עוֹלַמְכֶם	עוֹלַמְכֶן
	construct	עוֹלַם־	third	עוֹלָמוֹ	עוֹלָמָהּ	עוֹלָמָם	עוֹלָמָן
plural	indefinite	עוֹלָמִים	first	עולמיי / עוֹלָמַי		עוֹלָמֵינוּ
	definite	הָעוֹלָמִים	second	עוֹלָמֶיךָ	עולמייך / עוֹלָמַיִךְ	עוֹלְמֵיכֶם	עוֹלְמֵיכֶן
	construct	עוֹלְמֵי־	third	עוֹלָמָיו	עוֹלָמֶיהָ	עוֹלְמֵיהֶם	עוֹלְמֵיהֶן

Derived terms

References

H5769 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew עוֹלָם (olám).

Noun

עולם • (oylem) m, plural עולמס (oylems)

Derived terms

דער ברײַטער עולם (der brayter oylem)

Noun

עולם • (oylem) m, plural עולמות (oylemes/oylomes)

world
(in the plural) the heavens, metaphysical spheres

Derived terms

בית־עולם (beys oylem)
אויף עולמות (oyf oylemes/oylomes)
עולם הבא (oylem habe)
עולם הזה (oylem haze)

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