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לְעוֹלָם
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| Pronunciation: |
ləʔˈolam
(lə-OH-lam) |
| Origin: |
Hebrew |
| Anglicised Spelling: |
le-olam
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| Definition: |
עוֹלָם means 'world', 'universe', or 'eternity' in Hebrew.
לְעוֹלָם is roughly equivalent in meaning to
English 'forever' or Latin ad saecula saeculorum. It appears in the Lesser Banishing
Ritual of the Pentagram.
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| Source: | Sivan, Reuven and Edward A. Levenston. The New Bantam-Megiddo Hebrew & English Dictionary. New York: Bantam, 1975. |