עוֹלָם

עוֹלָםm. (b. h.; עָלַם I) (strength, endurance, nature, existence, world; (b. h.) life-time, eternity. Y.Ber.IV, 7b bot. (ref. to עד עולם, 1 Sam. 1:22) והלא אין עוֹלָמוֹ של לויוכ׳ but the life-time (active service) of the Levite is only up to fifty years. Kidd.15a (ref. to Ex. 21:6 לְעֹלָם) הוה אמינא לע׳ ממש I might have thought, that it meant really for ever (for life); קמשמע לן לע׳ לעולמו של יובל it is intimated (by ושבתםוכ׳, Lev. 25:10) that l‘olam means up to the period of the jubilee. Ber.17a עוֹלָמְךָ תראה בחייךוכ׳ mayest thou see (enjoy) thy existence during thy life-time, and thy future (reward be reserved) for the life of the world to come. Arakh.16b bot. קיבל עולמו has received his reward in this world. Ber.IX, 5 כל חותמי … מן הע׳ (Bab. ed. 54a עד הע׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20) in all conclusions of benedictions in the Temple they used to say, (Blessed is the Lord …) from everlasting; משקלקלו … אין ע׳ אלא אחדוכ׳ when the heretics (or Sadducees) degenerated and said, there is only one world, they ordained the formula, From everlasting to everlasting. Pes.56a; Tosef. ib. II (III), 19 they did not say ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לע׳ וָעֶר blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever. Gen. R. s. 30, a. fr. ראה ע׳ חדש has seen a new world (a great change). Cant. R. to I, 3, a. e. ע׳ שאין בו מות, v. אֲתָאנַסְיָא; a. fr.Y.Ned.XI, 42c bot. פירות הע׳ the fruits of the world, i. e. coming from some other place, opp. צבורים בסידקי.ע׳ הזה (abbrev. עה״ז) this world, mundane existence; ע׳ הבא (abbrev. עה״ב) the world to come, the hereafter, also the Messianic days; the days of resurrection. Pes.50a לא טעה״זעה״ב not as in this world (the present), will it be in the Messianic days. Ber.51a זוכה ונוחל שני עולמים העה״ז והעה״ב will be permitted to inherit two worlds, this world and the hereafter. Ab. IV, 16, v. פְּרוֹזְדּוֹר. Snh.X, 1, a. fr. חלקלעה״ב a share in the world to come (resurrection); a. v. fr.אומות הע׳ (abbrev. אוה״ע, א״ה), v. אוּמָּה.בית ע׳ (euphem.) cemetery. Lev. R. s. 12, beg. (interch. with עֲלַם q. v.).Pl. עוֹלָמִים, עוֹלָמִין, עוֹלָמוֹת. Ber. l. c., v. supra. Snh.100a שלש מאות ועשרה ע׳ three hundred and ten worlds (existences of beatitude). Gen. R. s. 3, a. e. היה בורא ע׳ ומחריבן he created worlds and destroyed them again; a. fr.בית ע׳ the permanent house, the Jerusalem Temple, opp. משכן the Tabernacle. Succ.5b; a. fr.לְעוֹלָם a) forever, always, under all circumstances. Y.Ber.V, 9a Pl. חיים לע׳ a life for ever (not ceasing). Keth.IV, 5 לע׳ היא ברשותוכ׳ she (the betrothed) continues to be under the fathers jurisdiction (sharing his legal status), until she is wedded. B. Mets.59a לע׳ … בכבוד אשתו under all conditions a man must guard the honor of his wife. Yeb.46a, a. e. לע׳ אין גר עדוכ׳ a person is not considered a proselyte, until he has been circumcised and immersed; a. v. fr.b) (dialectic term) at all events, in spite of your argument, still. Ḥull.101a לע׳ קסברוכ׳ Rab may still be of the opinion that ; Ber.3a. Ib.b לע׳ בחדוכ׳ I may still say, it refers to one person and to recent debris; a. fr.מֵע׳ לא never. Yoma 49a מע׳ לא שאלניוכ׳ never (in my life) did a person consult me about ; (Ḥull.7b מימי). Sabb.108b מע׳ לא טבע גבראוכ׳ never yet has a person been drowned in the Dead Sea; a. fr.