*ʕālam-: 'long time, eternity'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʕālam-
Meaning'long time, eternity'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewʿôlām (HALOT 798)HALOT 798gloss withheld
Ugariticʿlm (DULAT 155)DULAT 155gloss withheld
Phoenicianʿlm; n.div. Ουλωμός (HALOT 798); lʿlm (Krahmalkov 372); ʿd ʿlm kqdm (Krahmalkov 361)HALOT 798; Krahmalkov 372; Krahmalkov 361gloss withheld
Moabiteʿlm (HALOT 798)HALOT 798
AramaicOArm., EgArm., Nab., Palm. ʿlm (HALOT 798)HALOT 798
Biblical Aramaicʿālmā (HALOT 798)HALOT 798
Syrian Aramaicʕālmā (SEDRA 2331)SEDRA 2331gloss withheld
Arabicʿālam (HALOT 798; LGz. 61)HALOT 798; LGz. 61gloss withheld
Geezʿālam (LGz. 61)LGz. 61gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabianʿlm (HALOT 798; Sabaweb lemma 3698)HALOT 798; Sabaweb lemma 3698gloss withheld
Punicʿlm, ʾwlm, ʾlm (T 245); ʿd ʿlm (Krahmalkov 361)T 245; Krahmalkov 361gloss withheld

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Notes

Northwest Semitic. HALOT 798: etymology uncertain; essentially equivalent to Akk. dāru 'duration, eternity'. Arb. ʿālam is of Aramaic-Syriac origin (Jeffery 208, cited CDG 61); Nöldeke 1910:37-8 holds G. ʿālam an Aramaic-Syriac loan (CDG 61). Not 2624 *ʕlm 'hide; know'.

Updated 22 October 2026

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