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Hebrew עולם ''ˁÔlām''; Aramaic ''ˁâl(a)mâ'' (*''ˁawlăm'', the augmentative original?)<ref>The same as Mandaean/Gnostic ''Alma'' “Age, Eternity” (''Aramaic Glossary of Mandaic-Aramaic Terms used by the Order of Nazorean Essenes by Abba Yesai Nasrai''. online at  http://www.volker-doormann.org/aramaic.htm ); but ''ˁolam'' transliterated γελαμ in LXX (Hatch & Redpath, ''Concordance to the Septuagint'' [1897-1906], 235b).</ref>; Hebrew עולם ''ˁOlam'' “The-Eternal” = Phoenician ''ˁUlom'' = ''Oulomos'' of Mochus) "the name of a Phoenician old god, 'the ancient one' literally."<ref>F. M. Cross, ''Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic'', 24-35; Cross, ''From Epic to Canon'', 77, 82; D. N. Freedman defines ''ˁOlam'' as “the Eternal” at Deuteronomy 33:27 (Freedman, “The Poetic Structure of the Framework of Deuteronomy 33,” in G. Rendsburg, ''et al''., eds., ''The Bible World'' [KTAV, 1980], reprinted in Freedman, ''Divine Commitment'', 95); cf. J. Bright, ''A History of Israel'', 3rd ed. (Westminster Press, 1981), 100.</ref>  '''El-ˁolam'' is used, for example, in early Canaanite divine names,<ref>W. F. Albright, ''Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan'' (London ed.), 104 and n. 21, citing F. M. Cross in ''Harvard Theological Review'', 55 (1962):236-244; cf. J. A. Thompson, “The Root ''ˁ-l-m'' in Semitic Languages and Some Proposed New Translations in Ugaritic and Hebrew,” in R. Fischer, ed., ''A Tribute to Arthur Vööbus: Studies in Early Christian Literature and Its Environment, Primarily in the Syrian East'' (Chicago: Lutheran School of Theology, 1977), 159-166 ; E. Jenni, “Das Wort ˁōlām im Alten Testament,” ''ZAW'', 64 (1952):197-248; 65 (1953):1-35.</ref> and is the same as Hebrew אלהי עולם ''ʼelohey ˁolam'' “everlasting God” (Isaiah 40:28).<ref>R. N. Holzapfel, D. M. Pike, and D. R. Seely, ''Jehovah and the World of the Old Testament'' (SLC: Deseret Book, 2009), 18.</ref>  Cf. גבעות עולם  ''gibˁot ˁolam'' “everlasting hills” (Habbakuk 3:6); GN בית עולם ''bet-ˁolam'' “house of eternity” (Ecclesiastes 1:4,10, 2:16, 3:14, 12:3,5,7), which appears in Egyptian transliteration as ''bЗt-ˁrm'' in the conquest list of Pharaoh Shishak I (Bubastite Portal 3:36)<ref>John Currid, ''Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament'' (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997), 192-193.</ref>; פתחי עולם  ''pitḥe-ˁolam'' “gates of eternity” (Psalm 24:7,9); “God has set eternity<ref>In this instance Northrop Frye interprets עולם ''ˁolam'' as “mystery, obscurity,” based on the context (Frye, ''The Great Code'', 124).</ref> in their heart” (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NJB note b); Ugaritic ''ġlmt'', “Darkness,”<ref>G. del Olmo Lete, ''Canaanite Religion According to the Liturgical Texts of Ugarit'', 2nd ed., (Ugarit-Verlag, 2014), 45 (n. 49), 183 (n 24), citing del Olmo Lete, “HALAMA of Emar and ĠLMT of Ugarit: A ‘Dark’ Deity,” in L. Kogan, et al., eds., ''Festschrift M. Diakonoff'', 47-57. </ref> and ''zbl mlk ˁllmy'' “the Prince, the Eternal King,”<ref>A. Rahmouni, ''Divine Epithets in the Ugaritic Alphabetic Texts'', HdO  I, 93 (Leiden: Brill, 2007), 169.</ref> and ''rpʼu mlk ˁlm'' “the Hero, the Eternal King.”<ref>Rahmouni, ''Divine Epithets'', 294.</ref>  Note that Egyptian ''nb [[d]]t'' (or ''nb nḥḥ'') “Lord of eternity” = Ptah (''ANET'' 4-6) = Canaanite ''dū ˁôlami'' “lord of eternity”; Amarna Cuneiform ''-ilam'', ''-olam''.<ref>Cross, ''Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic'', 16-20.</ref>  Cf. Also Hebrew הליכות עולם ''hălîkôt ˁôlām'' “ancient orbits,” or pathways taken by deities as they make their celestial circuit.<ref>Francis I. Andersen, ''Habakkuk'', Anchor Bible 25 (Doubleday, 2001), 292, citing Albright, “The Psalm of Habakkuk,” in H. H. Rowley, ed., ''Studies in Old Testament Prophecy: Presented to Prof. Theodore H. Robinson'' (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1950), 14 n. t.</ref>


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'''Bibliography'''
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*Gee, John.  "Book of Abraham, selected non-Emglish words in," in ''Pearl of Great Price Reference Companion'', ed. Dennis L. Largey, 63. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2017.
*Smith, Robert F.  “Some ‘Neologisms’ from the Mormon Canon,” ''1973 Conference on the Language of the Mormons'', May 31, 1973, 64-68.  Provo: BYU Language Research Center, 1973, online at https://www.scribd.com/document/363522963/SOME-NEOLOGISMS-FROM-THE-MORMON-CANON .


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Pearl of Great Price PN 1. GNOLAUM “eternal” Abraham 3:18

Hebrew עולם ˁÔlām; Aramaic ˁâl(a)mâ (*ˁawlăm, the augmentative original?)[1]; Hebrew עולם ˁOlam “The-Eternal” = Phoenician ˁUlom = Oulomos of Mochus) "the name of a Phoenician old god, 'the ancient one' literally."[2] 'El-ˁolam is used, for example, in early Canaanite divine names,[3] and is the same as Hebrew אלהי עולם ʼelohey ˁolam “everlasting God” (Isaiah 40:28).[4] Cf. גבעות עולם gibˁot ˁolam “everlasting hills” (Habbakuk 3:6); GN בית עולם bet-ˁolam “house of eternity” (Ecclesiastes 1:4,10, 2:16, 3:14, 12:3,5,7), which appears in Egyptian transliteration as bЗt-ˁrm in the conquest list of Pharaoh Shishak I (Bubastite Portal 3:36)[5]; פתחי עולם pitḥe-ˁolam “gates of eternity” (Psalm 24:7,9); “God has set eternity[6] in their heart” (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NJB note b); Ugaritic ġlmt, “Darkness,”[7] and zbl mlk ˁllmy “the Prince, the Eternal King,”[8] and rpʼu mlk ˁlm “the Hero, the Eternal King.”[9] Note that Egyptian nb dt (or nb nḥḥ) “Lord of eternity” = Ptah (ANET 4-6) = Canaanite dū ˁôlami “lord of eternity”; Amarna Cuneiform -ilam, -olam.[10] Cf. Also Hebrew הליכות עולם hălîkôt ˁôlām “ancient orbits,” or pathways taken by deities as they make their celestial circuit.[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ The same as Mandaean/Gnostic Alma “Age, Eternity” (Aramaic Glossary of Mandaic-Aramaic Terms used by the Order of Nazorean Essenes by Abba Yesai Nasrai. online at http://www.volker-doormann.org/aramaic.htm ); but ˁolam transliterated γελαμ in LXX (Hatch & Redpath, Concordance to the Septuagint [1897-1906], 235b).
  2. ↑ F. M. Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic, 24-35; Cross, From Epic to Canon, 77, 82; D. N. Freedman defines ˁOlam as “the Eternal” at Deuteronomy 33:27 (Freedman, “The Poetic Structure of the Framework of Deuteronomy 33,” in G. Rendsburg, et al., eds., The Bible World [KTAV, 1980], reprinted in Freedman, Divine Commitment, 95); cf. J. Bright, A History of Israel, 3rd ed. (Westminster Press, 1981), 100.
  3. ↑ W. F. Albright, Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan (London ed.), 104 and n. 21, citing F. M. Cross in Harvard Theological Review, 55 (1962):236-244; cf. J. A. Thompson, “The Root ˁ-l-m in Semitic Languages and Some Proposed New Translations in Ugaritic and Hebrew,” in R. Fischer, ed., A Tribute to Arthur Vööbus: Studies in Early Christian Literature and Its Environment, Primarily in the Syrian East (Chicago: Lutheran School of Theology, 1977), 159-166 ; E. Jenni, “Das Wort ˁōlām im Alten Testament,” ZAW, 64 (1952):197-248; 65 (1953):1-35.
  4. ↑ R. N. Holzapfel, D. M. Pike, and D. R. Seely, Jehovah and the World of the Old Testament (SLC: Deseret Book, 2009), 18.
  5. ↑ John Currid, Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997), 192-193.
  6. ↑ In this instance Northrop Frye interprets עולם ˁolam as “mystery, obscurity,” based on the context (Frye, The Great Code, 124).
  7. ↑ G. del Olmo Lete, Canaanite Religion According to the Liturgical Texts of Ugarit, 2nd ed., (Ugarit-Verlag, 2014), 45 (n. 49), 183 (n 24), citing del Olmo Lete, “HALAMA of Emar and ĠLMT of Ugarit: A ‘Dark’ Deity,” in L. Kogan, et al., eds., Festschrift M. Diakonoff, 47-57.
  8. ↑ A. Rahmouni, Divine Epithets in the Ugaritic Alphabetic Texts, HdO I, 93 (Leiden: Brill, 2007), 169.
  9. ↑ Rahmouni, Divine Epithets, 294.
  10. ↑ Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic, 16-20.
  11. ↑ Francis I. Andersen, Habakkuk, Anchor Bible 25 (Doubleday, 2001), 292, citing Albright, “The Psalm of Habakkuk,” in H. H. Rowley, ed., Studies in Old Testament Prophecy: Presented to Prof. Theodore H. Robinson (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1950), 14 n. t.

Bibliography

  • Gee, John. "Book of Abraham, selected non-Emglish words in," in Pearl of Great Price Reference Companion, ed. Dennis L. Largey, 63. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2017.
  • Smith, Robert F. “Some ‘Neologisms’ from the Mormon Canon,” 1973 Conference on the Language of the Mormons, May 31, 1973, 64-68. Provo: BYU Language Research Center, 1973, online at https://www.scribd.com/document/363522963/SOME-NEOLOGISMS-FROM-THE-MORMON-CANON .
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