עֶלֶם I m. (preced.) 1) secret. Y. Yoma III, 40ᵈ bot.; Pes. 50ᵃ (ref. to לעלם, Ex. II, 15) לע׳ כתיב it is so written that you may read l’‘elem (this is my name for secrecy).—Pl. עֲלָמוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. IX, 1 (play on עלמות, ib.) על הע׳ שהבן עושה וכ׳ on the secret sins which the child (of God) commits and which the Day of Atonement comes to atone for &c. —2) forgetfulness, v. הֵעָלֵם.
עֶלֶם I
Gloss
עֶלֶם I m. ( preced. ) 1) secret . Y. Yoma III, 40ᵈ bot.; Pes. 50ᵃ (ref. to לעלם , Ex. II, 15 ) לע׳ כתיב it is so written that you may read l’‘elem…
References
- Jastrow, עָלַם II 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Yoma 3:6:8
- Pesachim 50a:9
- Exodus 2:15
- Jastrow, עַלְמוּת 1
- Midrash Tehillim 9:21
- Jastrow, הֵעָלֵם 1