- עֶלֶם
- עֶלֶםI m. (preced.) 1) secret. Y.Yoma III, 40d bot.; Pes.50a (ref. to לעלם, Ex. 2:15) לע׳ כתיב it is so written that you may read l‘elem (this is my name for secrecy).Pl. עֲלָמוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 9:1 (play on עלמות, ib.) על הע׳ שהבן עושהוכ׳ on the secret sins which the child (of God) commits and which the Day of Atonement comes to atone for 2) forgetfulness, v. הֵעָלֵם.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
