olam habah

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Pronunciations

olam habah (ow-LAHM hah-BAH) listen
olam habah (oh-LAHM huh-BAH) listen
olam habah (OY-lam HA-bah) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The world to come; the messianic age; heaven.

Example Sentences

  • "Many people wonder how olam habah will be different from this one."

  • “Let the mamzer [swine] have his fun in Olam ha-ze; he won't have any in Olam ha-ba.” (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH העולם הבא haolám habá, lit. 'the coming world' > Y עולם־הבא oylem-hábe

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      oylem habe, olam haba, olam ha'ba, olam ha-ba, olam ha-bah

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