עלם

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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)

  1. a young, unmarried man of marriageable age
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Noun

עֹלָם • (olám) m

  1. defective spelling of עוֹלָם.

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

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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.
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