עולם

Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

Root
ע־ל־ם (ʿ-l-m)

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

Pronunciation edit

(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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

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

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew עוֹלָם (olám).

Noun edit

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

Derived terms edit

דער ברײַטער עולם (der brayter oylem)

Noun edit

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

world
(in the plural) the heavens, metaphysical spheres

Derived terms edit

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

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