H5769b H5769b
Olam (personal name, possibly 'eternity' or 'youth')
A personal name appearing among those who married foreign wives during the post-exilic period. Olam is listed in Ezra 10 among the Israelites who had intermarried and were called to separate. The name is identical to the common word meaning 'eternity' or 'long duration,' though here it functions as a personal designation. The context is the religious reform under Ezra.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Olam, one of the Israelites who had married foreign women according to Ezra 10:2 (following the context). The name, identical to the word for 'eternity' or 'everlasting,' was apparently used as a personal name in the post-exilic community. He was among those identified during Ezra's reform requiring separation from foreign wives to preserve covenant purity. 1×
AR["[عُولَام]"]·ben["[ঐলমের]"]·DE["[[עולם]]"]·EN["[Olam]"]·FR["[עולם]"]·heb["[עולם]"]·HI["[--]"]·ID["[kere]"]·IT["[עולם]"]·jav["*"]·KO["엘람"]·PT["[Olam]"]·RU["[кетив:Олам]"]·ES["[Olam]"]·SW["[Elamu]"]·TR["K"]·urd["[عولام]"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
## H5769b —
*Hebrew N-proper-ms* | 1 occurrences | 1 sense
### 1. Sense 122849 (1 occ.)
**Domain:** RELIGIOUS LIFE > Religious Activities > Prophets and Prophecy
**Glosses:** arb: [عُولَام] | deu: [[עולם]] | eng: [Olam] | fra: [עולם] | hin: [--] | kor: 엘람 | spa: [Olam] | swa: [Elamu]
**Refs:** Ezra 10:2