…RF: Yes. (LM with two segols refers to a youth, as you observe. One verb (LM has the meaning "to be hidden," and another verb written similarly has the meaning "to be dark."
In the Hebrew portion of "The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament," Koehler/Baumgartner only temporal references are given; "long time, duration; future time; a long time back." I checked the use of (WLM in the DSS. I looked at many of the 599 examples and did not fine any with local meaning. The mentioned work says: "(WLM meaning "world" occurs in post-Biblical Heb." I do not have the text of the Mishna where I am, but I remember that the local meaning occurs several times in the tractate Avoth—(WLAM HABBA; the order/age to come.
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Best regards,
Rolf Furuli
Stavern
Norway
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