עולם
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Root |
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ע־ל־ם |
Cognate with Aramaic עָלְמָא (ʿāləmā), Arabic عَالَم (ʿālam), 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): /ʕoːˈlaːm/
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 | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
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]
- בֵּית עוֹלָם (beit-olám)
- הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא (ha'olám habá)
- הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה (ha'olám hazé)
- לְעוֹלָם (l'olám)
- מֵעוֹלָם (me'olám)
References[edit]
Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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)