עלם

Aramaic

Noun

עָלַם • (ʿālam) m

1. absolute form of עָלְמָא (ʿāləmā)

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ע־ל־ם (ʿ-l-m)

Noun

עֶלֶם • (élem) m (feminine counterpart עַלְמָה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. a young, unmarried man of marriageable age

Coordinate terms

• בָּחוּר (bakhúr)
• גֶּבֶר (géver)
• נַעַר (ná'ar)

Etymology 2

Noun

עֹלָם • (olám) m

1. defective spelling of עוֹלָם.
   • Tanach, Exodus 3:15, with translation of the King James Version:

     זֶה שְּׁמִי לְעֹלָם

     ze sh'mi l'olám

     this is my name for ever

Etymology 3

Noun

עֻלָּם • (ulám)

1. singular form of עֹל (ol)‎ with third-person masculine plural personal pronoun as possessor.
   • Tanach, Ezekiel 34:27, with translation of the King James Version:

     בְּשִׁבְרִי אֶת מֹטוֹת עֻלָּם

     b'shivrí et motót ulám

     when I have broken the bands of their yoke

Anagrams

• לעם, מעל

Persian

Noun

עלם • (elm)

1. Judeo-Persian spelling of علم (elm).
   • 1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:

     וֿלי כֿייר וצוֿאב ועלם תורה‬
     ‮רוֿד המראה וֿיי תא נזד יך תא

     vali xeyr o savâb o elm-e torâ
     ravad hamrâh-e vey tâ nazd-e yek tâ

     But kindness, good deeds and the knowledge of the Torah
     Will accompany him all the way to God.