Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Eric Weiss" <eweiss AT gte.net>]

If this is correct, then you have given me the information I need. Thanks! 
And ... I will comfortably translate the passage as "King of the 
Universe."

By "universe" do you [i.e., the rabbis] mean "everything that is - i.e., 
all time, space and matter, i.e., all creation?" I.e., "King of the 
universe" means "Lord and Creator and Master of all/everything"?

On 04/12/00, ""Ruthy & Baruch" <alster AT comandcom.com>" wrote:

> Although you're right about the meaning of (OLFM in BH, in Rabbinic Hebrew
> it really does mean something more like "universe".  See Proverbs 10:25,
> where (OLFM is taken by the Rabbis in this sense in quite a few passages,
> e.g. Bavli Yoma 38b and Hagigah 12b.  See also Mishna Avot 1:2.  These are
> just basic examples - virtually all uses of (OLFM in Rabbinic Hebrew
> carries this meaning!!

> Kol Tuv,
> Baruch Alster
> Kochav Ya`akov, Israel