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The root meaning of (WLM is from unknownness, i.e. a period of time whose length is not known. "Eternity" is a subset of that understanding.This is the etymological fallacy,
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... (WLM is used a few hundred times in Tanakh, many times for events that have a duration that is not specified, many times it is unknown. For past to past continuing, probably the best translation would be "from old" without specifying the starting date. Many of the events are for an unspecified, unknown to the listener, time in the future. "Eternal" is a subset of this concept, but not always correct for each context, in fact it is often incorrect.
... compounded by being based on a rather dubious etymology. There are at least two roots (LM in Hebrew, as is clear from the Arabic cognates.
Let's not get into this again, as I have already and totally rejected this as being pure speculation based on dubious presuppositions without any historical documentation.
In other words, BDB don't impress me.
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Therefore, and admittedly this is at least partially a theological answer, the period of "forever" if you want to insist it was called that for all the laws in Torah ended two millennia ago. Even your interpretation has that period ending at the return of Jesus, still not eternity. Consequently (WLM cannot have a core meaning of "eternity" or "forever" if understood from a New Testament perspective.
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