Lexical Summary alam: perpetuity, antiquity Original Word: עָלַםTransliteration: alam Phonetic Spelling: (aw-lam') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: perpetuity, antiquity Meaning: remote time, the future, past, forever Strong's Concordance forever lasting, old (Aramaic) corresponding to owlam; remote time, i.e. The future or past indefinitely; often adverb, forever -- for ((n-))ever (lasting), old. see HEBREW owlam Brown-Driver-Briggs H5957. alam עָלַם noun [masculine] perpetuity, antiquity (see Biblical Hebrew III> עוֺלָם עלם,); — ׳ע absolute Daniel 3:33 +, construct Daniel 7:18; emphatic עָֽלְמָא 2:20 +; plural עָֽלְמִין 2:4 +, emphatic עָֽלְמַיָּא 2:44; 7:18; — perpetuity in the future: ע ׳מַלְכוּת Daniel 3:33; 7:27, compare 4:31; 7:14; ׳ע as adverb for ever 4:31; עָֽלְמַיָּא וְעַדעָֿלַם עַדעָֽֿלְמָא 7:18; plural ׳לְע for ever 2:4, 44, 44; 3:9; 5:10; 6:7; 6:22; 6:27; antiquity, עָֽלְמָא מִןיֿוֺמָת Ezra 4:15, 19; of limitless time both past and future: ׳מִןעֿ ׳וְעַדעֿ Daniel 2:20. |