עולם

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): /ʕoːˈlaːm/
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

בּוֹרֵא עוֹלָם‎ (bore' 'olam)
בֵּית עוֹלָם‎ (beit-olám)
הָלַךְ לְעוֹלָמוֹ‎ (halách l'olamó)
הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא‎ (ha'olám habá)
הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה‎ (ha'olám hazé)
לְעוֹלָם‎ (l'olám)
מֵעוֹלָם‎ (me'olám)
עוֹלָמִי‎ (olamí)

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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