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Olam (עולם) means world in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

עוֹלָם
olam
noun · masculine
In English

world

The stress falls on the part in bold.

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The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Olam.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    משך זמן ארוך ביותר.
    וְהָיְתָה הַקֶּשֶׁת בֶּעָנָן וּרְאִיתִיהָ לִזְכֹּר בְּרִית עוֹלָם בֵּין אֱלֹהִים וּבֵין כָּל-נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה בְּכָל-בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר עַל-הָאָרֶץ
  2. 2
    כדור הארץ, על כל מה שבו.
  3. 3
    תחום, שדה.
  4. 4
    מונח כולל ורחב לאורח החיים ולסך כל המאפיינים של יצור חי.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Olam is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
עוֹלָם
Written without vowel points
עולם
Said
olam
Root
ע־ל־מ
Pattern
קוֹטָל
Plural
עוֹלָמוֹת / עוֹלָמִים
Inflections
ר' עוֹלָמוֹת / עוֹלָמִים
Gematria
146

This is how Olam is said in other languages.

English
world
Arabic
عالم
Russian
мир
French
monde
Spanish
mundo
German
welt

These words mean nearly the same as Olam.

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These words rhyme with Olam.

The word Olam is part of these phrases and sayings.

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The word Olam comes from the root ע־ל־מ, like these words.

These words come before and after Olam in the dictionary.

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What does Olam (⁨עולם⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Olam (⁨עולם⁩) means world. It is said olam, with the stress on lam.

What is a synonym for Olam (⁨עולם⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Olam (⁨עולם⁩) are ⁨יקום⁩, ⁨חלד⁩, ⁨תבל⁩, ⁨נצח⁩, ⁨תמיד⁩, and ⁨כדור הארץ⁩.

What rhymes with Olam (⁨עולם⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Olam (⁨עולם⁩) include ⁨אדם⁩, ⁨דם⁩, ⁨ים⁩, ⁨עם⁩, ⁨סם⁩, and ⁨חכם⁩.

Is Olam (⁨עולם⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Olam (⁨עולם⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨עוֹלָמוֹת / עוֹלָמִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry עולם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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