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The word Olam עולם is one of those words that keeps on showing up. Most commonly it is known from the blessings used in Judaism "אלהינו מלך העולם-Elohenu Melekh HaOlam- Our God, King of the Universe״. However, Olam in Biblical Hebrew actually has a temporal meaning. Originally it actually meant "eternal", such as the combination of לעולם ועד-LeOlam Va'ed-forever. It can be used to indicate the past such as כל ימי עולם-al the days of the past, or future as the example given above. In Ugaritic we find combinations such as "mlk 'lm-eternal king" or " 'm 'lm-to eternity". sources: Kedari.M, BH Dictionary pp.782-783 Gordon.C, UT 1858, pp.456-457

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