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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] one-to-one rendering of olam (was: Song of Songs 1:12)
  • Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 22:13:03 -0500

As I have already observed the word OLAM ( עולם ) is of the root (LM ( עלם ), which certainly can not mean 'hidden, secrete, conceal'. To wit: this is also the root of ELEM and ALMAH ( עלם, עלמה ), 'young adults', which are not hidden, and have nothing to hide.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Dec 9, 2010, at 7:44 PM, fred burlingame wrote:

Applying the rabbi's rule to the phrase at hand: i read it to mean: "until
concealed" or "until hidden," no more .. and no less ....





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