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(lm noun sg. abs. or construct
1 eternity (usually as a nomen rectum) Com.
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--(a) as an adv.: ˁd ˁlm, lˁlmˀ, lˁlmyn, lˁlmyˀ: forever Com.
(a.1) repeated after עד as an expression of absolute foreverness BA-Da, Gal, LJLA.
(a.2) ועלמה עלם Sam.
--(b) an era, age CPA, Syr, JBA.
(b.1) eternal ages past .
2 world, universe Palm, Qum, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
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--(a) עלמא דאתי, ܥܠܡܐ ܕܥܬܝܕ : the World to Come Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
--(b) in reference to one's condition in the world the environment JBA, JBAg, LJLA.
3 nation, people Syr.
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--(a) for כולי עלמא : everyone JBA.
--(b) pl. : people at an event Syr.
4 adverbial usages with various prepositions .
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--(a) ܕܥܠܡܐ : wordly, of this life Syr.
--(b) בעלמא : in a general way, merely, some kind JBA, Man, LJLA, CGMagic.
--(c) מעלמא : from elsewhere, from somewhere or other JBA.
--(d) לעלמא : to elsewhere JBA.
--(e) anywhere, everywhere JBAg.
