The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

עָלַם‏ n.m. eternity; world

eternity (usually as a nomen rectum) Com. as an adv.: ˁd ˁlm, lˁlmˀ, lˁlmyn, lˁlmyˀ: forever Com. repeated after עד‏ as an expression of absolute foreverness BA^Dan, Gal, LJLA.

world, universe Palmyrene, Qumran, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. עלמא דאתי‏, ܥܠܡܐ ܕܥܬܝܕ‏ : the World to Come Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA, LJLA. in reference to one's condition in the world the environment JBA, JBAg, LJLA. בעלמא‏ : in a general way, merely, some kind JBA, Man, LJLA, LJLAmag.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 409b; DJBA: 867a; Jastrow: 1084; Levy Ch-W: 2:219; Tal Sam: 639; DNWSI: 859; DJA: 71a; Cook,Qumran: 182;

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Derivatives:

byt ˁlm (bēṯ ˁālam, bēṯ ˁālmā) n.m. sepulcher, grave, tomb

lˁlm, lˁlmyn (lˁālam, lˁālmīn) adv. forever